Ventenac

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Ventenac
Ventenac coat of arms
Ventenac (France)
Ventenac
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Foix
Canton Val d'Ariège
Community association Pays Foix-Varilhes
Coordinates 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 44 ′  E
height 410-730 m
surface 19.62 km 2
Residents 235 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09120
INSEE code 09327

Ventenac ( Occitan : same name) is a French commune with 235 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Foix , the municipality association Pays Foix-Varilhes and the canton Val d'Ariège (until 2015: canton Varilhes ). The inhabitants are called Ventenacois / Ventenacoises .

geography

Ventenac is located around 71 kilometers southeast of the city of Toulouse in the north of the Ariège department near the small town of Foix . The community consists of the hamlets of La Malevieille , Le Bousquet , Parent , Saint-Martin and Seignerix , several scattered settlements and a few individual farms. Ventenac is located in the Massif du Plantaurel in the Pre-Pyrenees (French: Piémont pyrénéen ). Large parts of the community are forested. Parent, Saint-Martin and Seignerix are located on the Crieu River, which has its source in the municipality. The N20 from Paris to Spain runs a few kilometers west of the municipality.

Ventenac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Calzan in the north-east, Dun in the east, Carla-de-Roquefort in the south-east and south, Roquefort-les-Cascades in the south, L'Herm in the south-west, Gudas in the west and Ségura and Malléon in the north-west.

history

Finds from the Gallo-Roman period prove an early settlement. The medieval castle and some churches have disappeared over time. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Languedoc. From 1793 to 1801 the community belonged to the Tarascon district. In addition, Ventenac was in the canton of Lavelanet from 1793 to 1979 and within the canton of Varilhes from 1979 to 2015 . The community was assigned to the Arrondissement Foix from 1801 to 1979. Since then it has belonged to the Pamiers arrondissement. The municipality as it is today was created between 1790 and 1794 through the union of Le Bousquet (s) and Saint-Martin.

Population development

year 1793 1806 1831 1851 1886 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 525 565 497 586 516 409 324 200 170 183 175 182 198 224 229
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin Church in Saint-Martin (Ventenac)
  • Chapel Chapelle de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste from the 18th century in Le Bousquet, wall paintings, a monument historique since 1901
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • numerous wayside crosses
  • More Attractions

Web links

Commons : Ventenac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  2. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  3. ↑ Description in Palissy (French)