Lanta (; oc, Lantar) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country' ...
department in southwestern
France
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.
History
The attempt of the
capitoul
The ''capitouls'', sometimes anglicized as ''capitols'', were the chief magistrates of the commune of Toulouse, France, during the late Middle Ages and early Modern period. Their council and rule was known as the ''Capitoulate'' (frenc ...
Pierre Hunault,
sieur
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de Lanta, to seize control of
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 Pa ...
's
Capitol
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was the immediate cause of the
1562 riots there.
Population
Monument
Lanta - église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - Le clocher-mur.jpg, The bell gable
Lanta - église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption.jpg, The Church of Our Lady of Lanta
Lanta - Ancien presbytère.jpg, The facade of the old rectory.
L'église de Saint-Anatoly de Lanta.jpg , Lanta - Saint Anatoly
Saint Anatoly de Lanta, aerial view.jpg, Saint Anatoly de Lanta
Pigeonnier Saint-Anatoly de Lanta.jpg, Dovecote.
See also
*
Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
References
Communes of Haute-Garonne
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