Romestaing (; oc, Romestanh) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne '' département'' in south-western France. Its inhabitants are called ''Romestaingais'' (male) or ''Romestaingaises'' (female).

Toponymy

The name of the commune comes from the Latin ''Romana Sattio'', an important junction of Roman roads. A second hypothesis suggests that the name Romestaing is derived from the surname Hromstang. The commune has been known under its present name, which appeared in the ''Regista Clementis P.P.V.'' in 1312, since the Middle Ages. In Gascon, the commune is known as ''Romestanh''.

Twinning

Romestaing is twinned with

Obersaasheim Obersaasheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. The communes cooper ...

, a village in the French ''département'' of Haut-Rhin, Alsace. At the start of the Second World War, the inhabitants of Obersaasheim were evacuated to Lot-et-Garonne, to the communes of Guérin and Romestaing, until autumn 1940 when they were ordered by the occupying Germans to return to their villages.

Sites and monuments

Église Saint-Christophe (Saint Christopher's church), built in the 12th century, is the sole remnant of a

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commandery. It has been listed since 1965 as a ''

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'' by the French Ministry of Culture. In the old charters of the commandery, it is recorded that Amanieu de Coutera and his grandsons, Forton et Bernard, ceded their land at Romestang to the Templar's commander of Cours.templiers.net
Département du Lot-et-Garonne
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References

Communes of Lot-et-Garonne {{LotGaronne-geo-stub