Venerque
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Venerque Venèrca |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Muret | |
| Canton | Portet-sur-Garonne | |
| Community association | Lèze Ariège | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 26 ' N , 1 ° 27' E | |
| height | 157-272 m | |
| surface | 14.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,548 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 175 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31810 | |
| INSEE code | 31572 | |
 Venerque - Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Phébade |
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Venerque ( Occitan : Venèrca ) is a southern French municipality with 2548 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region .
location
Venerque is located in the far west of the Lauragais cultural landscape at the confluence of the Hyse in the Ariège and is about 30 kilometers (driving distance) south from Toulouse and eleven kilometers south-east from Muret .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,274 | 1,510 | 1,907 | 2.158 | 2,328 | 2,582 | 2,583 |
In the 19th century the population was always between 800 and 1,000 people. As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants fell to around 700 in the 1920s. The significant increase in population in recent decades is due to the proximity to Toulouse and comparatively low rental and property prices.
economy
The place lived for centuries from agriculture, whereby in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period the cultivation of woad ( pastel ) played a dominant role. The steady increase in the population of Venerque is an indicator of the positive economic development of the region. Due to the proximity to the city of Toulouse and comparatively low land prices, a new building district has emerged in recent decades.
history
A paleolithic stone ax was found in the area of today's municipality at the end of the 19th century. Smaller Iron Age finds were also made in 1965 on the Plateau de La Trinité . In contrast, there are no finds from Roman and Gallo-Roman times. Some Visigothic and Merovingian graves were uncovered, but no grave goods were found. The existence of a Benedictine monastery with the name Saint-Pierre has been handed down from Carolingian times ; Benedict von Aniane is said to have been a repeated guest there. In 1050 the abbey was downgraded to the rank of a priory belonging to the former abbey of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières . In the time of the Cathar movement and the Albigensian Crusades (1209-1229) Venerque remained a stronghold of Catholicism and in the run-up to the Battle of Muret (1213), Simon de Montfort's troops avoided the city. In a document from 1268, Guillaume de Falgar was the first to be known as the name of a landlord ( seigneurs ). One of his successors, Raymond de Falgar , organized the Languedoc resistance against the English a hundred years later . In the 15th and 16th centuries, Venerque and the whole region experienced their heyday through the cultivation of pastel ; In addition, the church housed a rich treasure trove of relics and so the city afforded a city wall ( remparts ) to protect itself from attacks by marauding gangs. Even during the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598), Venerque remained a stronghold of Catholicism; however, the city was captured twice - once by Admiral Coligny's troops in 1570 and once by the troops of the Catholic League in 1595. In the 17th century, the city was given extended market and fair rights, which attracted wealthy traders.
Attractions
- The parish church ( Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Phébade ) dates largely from the 13th century; however, its walls still contain the remains of the former Saint-Pierre abbey . The mighty church building received a castle-like tower structure made of brick masonry over the polygonal broken apse in the 15th century ; there are also several additions from the same period that give the structure the character of a fortified church . The three-aisled Gothic nave is vaulted with ribs. The church choir was painted at the end of the 19th century; Here the relics of from the Middle Ages to Agen here spent hl. Phebadus and St. Alberta, the sister of St. Fides kept in specially made containers. The 15-part carillon from 1844 is worth listening to. The church building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1840 .
- The market hall ( hall ) from 1858 has been converted into a multi-purpose room.
- The town hall ( mairie ) is an imposing brick building from the time of the Second Empire .
- The wash house ( lavoir ) was only built in the early 20th century. In 1977 it was converted into the club house of the local pétanque club.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 204-206.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Phébade, Venerque in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)