Thémines
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Thémines Teminas |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Figeac | |
| Canton | Lacapelle-Marival | |
| Community association | Grand Figeac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 44 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 306-423 m | |
| surface | 18.1 km 2 | |
| Residents | 218 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46120 | |
| INSEE code | 46318 | |
 Thémines - covered market |
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Thémines ( Occitan : Teminas ) is a French commune with 602 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitania region . Thémines is part of the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park .
location
Thémines is located on the river Ouysse at an altitude of about 320 meters above sea level. d. M. on the southwestern edge of the Massif Central, roughly on the border between the fertile Limargue region and the very different limestone soils of the Ségala . The place is about halfway between Rocamadour or Gramat and Figeac ; the city of Cahors is about 63 kilometers southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 296 | 270 | 208 | 189 | 217 | 216 | 228 |
In the 19th century the place always had between 520 and 750 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants decreased continuously in the first half of the 20th century to the lows in the 1970s and 1980s.
economy
In the Haut-Quercy , agriculture was primarily self-sufficient , which also included viticulture until the 19th century, but which was almost completely abandoned after the phylloxera crisis . Today - in addition to agriculture, retail trade and handicrafts - tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality.
Attractions
- The market hall ( hall ) dates - depending on the source - from the 13th or 17th century. The roof structure of the towering roof rests on circumferential architrave beams , which in turn rest on four brick corner pillars and eight - more slender - central supports. The building was classified as a monument historique in 1951 .
- Some prehistoric engravings have been discovered in the Grotte du Roucadou . The cave was classified as a monument historique in 1964 .
- The Grotto des Escabasses was placed under protection in 1968.
- There are still several millstones in the ruins of a watermill.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Halle, Thémines in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Grotte du Roucadou, Thémines in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Grotte des Escabasses, Thémines in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)