Saint-Quentin-la-Tour

Saint-Quentin-la-Tour Sant Quentin
region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Mirepoix
Community association	Pays de Mirepoix
Coordinates	43 ° 2 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E
height	334-463 m
surface	9.02 km 2
Residents	337 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	37 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	09500
INSEE code	09274
Saint-Quentin-la-Tour - Queille Church and Castle

Saint-Quentin-la-Tour ( Occitan : Sant Quentin ) is a southern French municipality with 337 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region .

location

The municipality of Saint-Quentin-la-Tour is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees at an altitude of about 365 meters. From Carcassonne the place is about 50 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction; the worth seeing Bastide Mirepoix is about 8 kilometers north. The next largest city is Pamiers (approx. 28 kilometers northwest).

history

The district of Queille ( Coliense ), which gave its name to the whole region, is mentioned several times in documents from the 10th century. A castle of the same name is mentioned as early as 1002 in the will of Roger I , Count of Carcassonne .

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	255	250	278	306	297	314	335

Attractions

• The single-nave Gothic parish church of Saint-Sylvain ( Église de Queille ) dates back to the 13th century and has been registered as a Monument historique since 1994 . As with many churches in the south of France, the unadorned entrance portal is on the south wall of the church. In contrast to the apse , which has a polygonal break on the outside , the nave , which is only about five meters wide, is not arched, but is spanned by a wooden ceiling.
• Only about 100 meters from the church are the impressive - privately owned - ruins of the castle ( Château de Queille ), a building from the 12th century, which has been rebuilt and expanded several times. The Château de Queille has also been classified as a Monument historique since 1944 . The mighty four-storey residential tower ( donjon ) has a rectangular floor plan; only the outer walls are largely preserved.

economy

The place and its quite wooded surroundings are largely agricultural. Tourism has also played a certain role in the municipality's economic life since the 1970s.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Quentin-la-Tour  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Saint-Quentin - Photos + Info (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Église de Queille in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ↑ Château de Queille in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)