Sainte-Croix-Volvestre

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Sainte-Croix-Volvestre
Senta Crotz de Volvèstre
Sainte-Croix-Volvestre (France)
Sainte-Croix-Volvestre
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Portes du Couserans
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 8 '  N , 1 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '  N , 1 ° 11'  E
height 266-525 m
surface 19.66 km 2
Residents 626 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 32 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09230
INSEE code 09257
Website http://mairiesaintecroixvolvestre.fr/

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Sainte-Croix-Volvestre ( Occitan : Senta Crotz de Volvèstre ) is a French commune with 626 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Portes du Couserans (until 2015: Canton of Sainte-Croix-Volvestre ). The inhabitants are called Cruxéens / Cruxéennes .

geography

Sainte-Croix-Volvestre is located around 73 kilometers southwest of the city of Toulouse in the northwest of the Ariège department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The community consists of the village of Sainte-Croix-Volvestre, numerous hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farms. The river Volp crosses the municipality in a northerly direction and in parts forms the municipality boundary. Sainte-Croix-Volvestre is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are forested. In terms of transport technology, the community is far away from national transport connections.

Sainte-Croix-Volvestre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montberaud (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the north, Lahitère (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the northeast, Montesquieu-Volvestre and Montbrun-Bocage (both in the Haute-Garonne department) in the east, Mérigon in the south-east, Lasserre in the south, Tourtouse in the south-west, Fabas in the west and Le Plan (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the north-west.

history

Around 1120 there was already a small town around the abbey, which had been founded by monks from the Anjou. During the Hundred Years War the village and the abbey were completely destroyed. Around 1530, glassblowers settled the desert community. In 1569 the community was devastated again in the wars of religion. Only a few glassblowers stayed. It was not until the 17th century that the abbey and parish were rebuilt. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Sainte-Croix-Volvestre was the capital of the canton of Sainte-Croix-Volvestre from 1793 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. The municipality has existed in its current size since the union of Citas and Sainte-Croix between 1790 and 1794. It has had its current name since 1958. It was previously called Sainte-Croix.

Population development

year 1793 1836 1906 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 1,453 1.919 1,519 1,262 921 533 502 512 520 585 611 654 636
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Market halls from the 18th century (today destroyed), a monument historique since 1973
  • Remains of the former fontreviste abbey (after Fontevrault in Anjou, the mother monastery), a monument historique since 2012
  • Church Saint-Fiacre 18th century
  • Volvestre Regional Museum (traditions and art from the region) in the former police station behind the church
  • Chapel with Calvary in Ramé
  • Cave Grotte de Sainte Croix , in the Middle Ages haven for Albigensian
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Protestant church in Palé in a 17th century barn
  • several wayside crosses
  • More Attractions

Web links

Commons : Sainte-Croix-Volvestre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  2. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  3. ↑ Information about the former abbey
  4. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  5. ↑ Description in Palissy (French)