Sepx

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Sepx
Seps
Sepx (France)
Sepx
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens
Canton Bagneres-de-Luchon
Community association Cagire Garonne Salad
Coordinates 43 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  E
height 360-491 m
surface 12.37 km 2
Residents 224 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31360
INSEE code 31545
Website Community presentation

Sepx ( Occitan : Seps ) is a French commune with 224 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and to the municipal association Cagire Garonne Salat, founded in 2016 . The inhabitants are called Sepsois .

geography

Sepx is located on the eastern edge of the Lannemezan plateau in the historic Comminges province , twelve kilometers northeast of Saint-Gaudens and about 70 kilometers southwest of Toulouse . The flowing waters in the municipal area of ​​12.37 km² drain to the northwest to the Noue and to the southeast to the Garonne . The north and south-east of the municipality are more heavily forested, otherwise arable and meadow areas dominate in the typical bocage form. The municipality includes the hamlets of Marsaux, La Cabane, Pequerin, Alias, Laborie, Cap de Labo, Grassaut, Couarasse, Toumire, Cap de Lalane, Pontet, Bel-Air, Coustaladets, Terrouillé, Thou, La Grangette, La Gillette, Borde de Lieux and Cap de Labatut . Sepx is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Aulon in the north, Cazeneuve-Montaut in the northeast, Proupiary in the east, Castillon-de-Saint-Martory in the south and Latoue in the west.

history

The discovery of a Roman urn testifies to a Gallo-Roman presence in the municipality. The name of the village could come from the Latin saepes / saepis , which means a closed place protected by a fence. In fact, a fortified enclosure is said to have been built during the Saracen invasions in the 8th century, as reported by a local author of a monograph dated 1887 (Archiv des Départements Haute-Garonne, BR4-505). The name of the place could have been formed from that moment on. In the Middle Ages Sepx was dependent on Bonnefont Abbey , the southwestern corner of which is on the territory of the municipality of Sepx. The village came in 1490 to the Duchy of Guyenne and the Sénéchaussée of Toulouse .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 206 217 186 186 157 153 148 230
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Bonnefont Monastery
  • Church of the Assumption of Mary ( Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption ) with a bell tower from the 14th century, pierced with five triangular pointed arched windows and provided with battlements (restoration and reconstruction of the nave in the 19th century), Monument historique
  • Marble urn from Gallo-Roman times with a portrait of a deceased couple, exhibited in the church
  • Calvaire in the southwest of the village
  • Small outbuilding and remains of a pigeon tower of the Bonnefont monastery (most of the monastery complex is in the territory of the municipality of Proupiary ), Monument historique
  • several hall crosses

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Sepx

Economy and Infrastructure

25 farms are located in Sepx (grain and spice cultivation, seed propagation, cattle, goat, sheep and horse breeding, dairy farming).

There are connections to the A64 autoroute ten kilometers south-west and south-east of the municipality . The train station in the small town of Saint-Gaudens, twelve kilometers away, is on the Toulouse – Bayonne railway line .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, pp. 1440-1441.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Toponymy on mairie-sepx.fr (French)
  2. ↑ Sepx on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Sepx on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Church of the Assumption in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Bonnefont Monastery in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  6. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr

Web links

Commons : Sepx  - collection of images