Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Causses-Rougiers | |
| Community association | Monts, Rance and Rougier | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 53 ' N , 2 ° 36' E | |
| height | 288-662 m | |
| surface | 11.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 622 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12380 | |
| INSEE code | 12248 | |
| Website | Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance | |
Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 622 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ).
location
Saint-Sernin is located on an approx. 320 m high hill above the valley of the Rance , a tributary of the Tarn , south of Rodez in the south of the historical province of Rouergue . The city of Albi is approx. 49 km (driving distance) to the west; the small town of Lacaune is about 31 km south. The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1.014 | 1,998 | 1,088 | 665 | 530 | 637 |
The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the remote location of the place and the loss of jobs as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .
economy
For a long time, the town of Saint-Sernin served the - now almost completely disappeared - exclusively agriculturally oriented hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads in the area as a craft, trade and service center. There were also many fruit trees in the region, the fruits of which could be sold in the Albi and Castres markets . In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, the place was a regional economic center inhabited by wealthy citizens. Since the middle of the 20th century tourism has played a not insignificant role for the economic life of the place in the form of the rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
The history of the place is largely in the dark. The world-famous statue menhir La Dame du Saint-Sernin (now in the Musée Fenaille in Rodez ) testifies to the presence of people (hunters, shepherds) in the Neolithic . In the Middle Ages there was a castle ( château ). During the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) Saint-Sernin and the neighboring village Pousthomy were in the hands of the English for several years. Probably only towards the end of the war the place was surrounded by a wall with 5 gates.
Attractions
- The existence of a late Gothic collegiate church can be traced back to the foundation of a collegiate chapter in the wealthy town by Pope Eugene IV in 1442. The single-nave Gothic building has an elaborately worked two-part portal and shows inside rib vaults resting on consoles with some figurative keystones and side chapels ; it was changed several times in the following centuries and was recognized as a Monument historique in 1930 .
- Today's town hall ( hôtel de ville ) is a three-storey renaissance building with several cross-frame windows - formerly serving as a hospital . The upper floor is partly built in half-timbered construction. It was recognized as a Monument historique in 1897 .
- The facades of two other houses from the 15th to 18th centuries are also classified as Monuments historiques .
- In the square in front of the church there is an expressive monument to Victor , the wolf boy (see below).
Personalities
In the spring of 1797 an approximately 10-year-old “wolf cub” was observed in a wooded area near Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance and was given the name Victor . François Truffaut filmed the material in 1970 under the title The Wolf Boy .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église, Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Hôtel de Ville, Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Maison Malaval, Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Maison, Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)