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Artigat
Artigat is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Artigatois'' or ''Artigatoises'' Geography Artigat is located some 10 km west by north-west of Pamiers and 14 km south-west of Saverdun. Access to the commune is by the D919 road from Le Fossat in the north passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south to Pailhès. The D278 road comes from the D26 on the western border of the commune and goes east through the village to join the D36 south-west of Saint-Michel. The D27A also branches from the D919 in the north of the commune and goes east to Saint-Martin-d'Oydes. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Bajou in the north, and Les Lanes east of the village. The commune has extensive forests covering about 40% of the land area with the rest farmland. The Lèze River flows through the commune from south to north gathering several tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Guerre
Martin Guerre, a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the centre of a famous case of imposture. Several years after Martin Guerre had left his wife, child and village, a man claiming to be him appeared. He lived with Guerre's wife and son for three years. The false Martin Guerre was eventually suspected of the impersonation. He was tried, discovered to be a man named Arnaud du Tilh and executed. The real Martin Guerre had returned during the trial. The case continues to be studied and dramatised to this day. The story was published many times and was spread throughout Europe. Historical account Life before leaving his wife Martin Daguerre was born around 1524 in the Basque town of Hendaye. In 1527, his family moved to the village of Artigat in the Pyrenees of southwestern France. They changed their name to Guerre. When he was about fourteen years old, Martin married Bertrande de Rols, the daughter of a well-off family. The marriage was childless for eight years unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lèze
The Lèze () is a long river in the Ariège and Haute-Garonne ''départements'', southwestern France. Its source is in La Bastide-de-Sérou. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Ariège into which it flows between Labarthe-sur-Lèze and Clermont-le-Fort. ''Départements'' and communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Ariège: La Bastide-de-Sérou, Aigues-Juntes, Gabre, Montégut-Plantaurel, Monesple, Pailhès, Artigat, Le Fossat, Sainte-Suzanne, Saint-Ybars *Haute-Garonne: Massabrac, Castagnac *Ariège: Lézat-sur-Lèze *Haute-Garonne: Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze, Montaut, Beaumont-sur-Lèze, Lagardelle-sur-Lèze, Vernet Vernet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Painters * Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), French painter, father of Claude Joseph Vernet * Claude Joseph Vernet Claude-Joseph Vernet (14 August 17143 December 1789) was a French painter. ..., Labarthe-sur-Lèze, Clermont-le-Fort References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabre, Ariège
Gabre () is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze, with the Lake of Mondely, forms part of the commune's southeastern border, flows northeast through the eastern part of the commune, then forms part of its northeastern border. Population See also *Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 Communes of France, communes of the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (a ... References Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cartography
The history of French cartography can be traced to developments in the Middle Ages. This period was marked by improvements in measuring instruments and also by an upgrade of work in registers of all types. What is thought to be the oldest land map in Europe, the Saint-Bélec slab, representing an area of the Odet valley, was found in 1900, and rediscovered in a castle cellar in France in 2014. The Bronze-Age stone is thought to be 4,000-years old. The first map of France was drawn by Oronce Finé and printed in woodcuts in 1525. It testifies to the will of the political power to mark its presence on the territory; to affirm, to build limits, borders, to arrange its territory, and to consolidate the internal economic markets. In the 16th century, Dieppe appeared as an important school of cartography. Pierre Desceliers allowed the realization of many maps. At the same time, the Portolan maps of the Portuguese sailors had the most recent knowledge obtained by the Dieppois sailors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Foix
The County of Foix (french: Comté de Foix, ; oc, Comtat de Fois) was an independent medieval fief in southern France, and later a province of France, whose territory corresponded roughly the eastern part of the modern ''département'' of Ariège (the western part of Ariège being Couserans). During the Middle Ages, the county of Foix was ruled by the counts of Foix, whose castle overlooks the town of Foix. In 1290 the counts of Foix acquired the viscountcy Béarn, which became the center of their domain, and from that time on the counts of Foix rarely resided in the county of Foix, preferring the richer and more verdant Béarn. The county of Foix was an independent fief of the kingdom of France and consisted of an agglomeration of small holdings ruled by lords, who, though subordinate to the counts of Foix, had some voice in the government of the county. The provincial estates of the county, a legislative body that can be traced back to the 14th century, consisted of three or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 493,465 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2019 census); its metropolitan area has a population of 1,454,158 inhabitants (2019 census). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 20 French Métropoles, with one of the three strongest demographic growth (2013-2019). Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the SPOT satellite system, ATR and the Aerospace Valley. It hosts the CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST) which is the largest national space centre in Europe, but also, on the military side, the newly created NATO space centre of excellence and the French Space Command and Space Academy. Thales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Rieux
The former French Catholic diocese of Rieux existed from 1317 until the French Revolution. It was based at Rieux-Volvestre, south-west France, in the modern department of Haute-Garonne. It was erected by Pope John XXII, as suffragan to the archiepiscopal See of Toulouse. Bishops * Pelfort de Rabastens (1317-1320) (Cardinal from 1320) * Bertrand de Cardaillac (1321-1324) * Jean I Tissandier (1324-1348) * Durand de la Capelle (1348-1353) * Jean-Roger or Jean II. (1353-1357) * Pierre de Saint-Martial (1357-1371) (Cardinal) * Jean III de Lanta (1371-1383) * Jean IV (1383-1393) * Thomas (1393-1404) * Pierre Trousseau (1405-1416) * Gaucelme du Bousquet (1416-1426) * Hugues de Roffignac (1426-1460) * Pierre Bonald (1460-1462) * Geoffroy de Bazillac (1462-1480) * Pierre d'Abzac de la Douze (1480-1487) * Hugues d'Espagne (1487-1500) * Bertrand d'Espagne (1500-1509) * Louis de Valtan (1509-1517) * Gaspart de Montpezat (1518-1521) * Jean de Pins (1522-1537) *''Vacant'' (1537-1568) * Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Languedoc
The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately 42,700 square kilometers (16,490 square miles). History The Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis fell to the Visigothic Kingdom from the 5th to the 8th centuries. Occupied briefly by the Emirate of Córdoba between 719 and 759, it was conquered and incorporated into the Kingdom of the Franks by Pippin the Short in 759 following the Siege of Narbonne. Under the Carolingians, the counts of Toulouse were appointed by the royal court. Later, this office became hereditary. Part of the territory where Occitan was spoken came to be called ''langue d'oc'', ''Lengadòc'' or Languedoc. In the 13th century, the spiritual beliefs of the area were challenged by the See of Rome and the region became attached to the Kingdom of France following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esplas
Esplas is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Ariège department References Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lescousse
Lescousse (; oc, Lescoça) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Ariège department References Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Victor-Rouzaud
Saint-Victor-Rouzaud (; Languedocien: ''Sent Victor e Rosaud'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population Inhabitants Saint-Victor-Rouzaud are called ''Saint-Victoriens''. See also *Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 Communes of France, communes of the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (a ... References Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benagues
Benagues (; oc, Benagas) is a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France. Population The Inhabitants of the Commune are known as Bénaguais. See also *Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 Communes of France, communes of the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (a ... References Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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