Thiézac
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Thiézac Tiesac |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Cantal | |
| Arrondissement | Aurillac | |
| Canton | Vic-sur-Cère | |
| Community association | Cère et Goul en Carladès | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 1 ′ N , 2 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 673-1,565 m | |
| surface | 41.70 km 2 | |
| Residents | 604 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 15800 | |
| INSEE code | 15236 | |
| Website | Thiézac | |
 Saint Martin Church |
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Thiézac ( Occitan : Tiesac ) is a French city and a municipality with 604 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Thiézac belongs to the historic region of Carladès .
location
The place Thiézac is at an altitude of about 800 m above sea level. d. M. on the river Cère . The distance to Aurillac is approx. 25 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,555 | 1,992 | 1,526 | 1,086 | 614 | 614 |
The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the lack of jobs as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .
economy
For centuries, the place Thiézac served the exclusively agriculturally oriented and self- sufficient hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads in the area as a craft, trade and service center. 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
According to tradition, Christian hermits are said to have settled in the Saint-Michel grotto as early as the 6th century .
Our Lady is said to have appeared here to some pilgrims in the 15th century . During this time the local parish church was built. In 1643, the French King Louis XIII. the Carladès to the county and gave it to the Monaco-based Grimaldi family as a fief; this administered it until the outbreak of the French Revolution .
Attractions
- The Gothic parish church of Saint-Martin was formerly a priory church and was dependent on the Aurillac Abbey. The octagonal bell tower on the north side is in the tradition of Auvergnatian churches of the Middle Ages. In the rib-vaulted nave there is a polychrome statue of a scourged Christ ( Ecce homo ); the late Baroque altarpiece with its twisted columns shows echoes of the Spanish style of Churriguerism . The church has been recognized as a monument historique since 1976 .
- The Notre-Dame de Consolation pilgrimage chapel above the village is a simple building from the late Middle Ages. The low barrel vault inside is adorned with 'naive' baroque paintings; Numerous votive tablets hang on the walls . The building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1980 .
- Hidden in the forest is the Chaumière de Granier , a rush-covered, restored barn from the 16th or 17th century.
- In the wooded area there are several hiking trails that also lead past waterfalls (e.g. Cascade de Faillitoux , Cascade de Malbec , Cascade de la Roucole ).
Web links
- Thiézac, history - short information (French)
- Thiézac, church - photos + brief information (French)
- Thiézac, chapel - photos + brief information (French)
- Chaumière de Granier - Photos + Info (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Martin, Thiézac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Chapelle Notre-Dame de Consolation, Thiézac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)