Saux (pronounced "Sox";
Languedocien
Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...
: ''Sauç'') is a former
commune in the
Lot
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department
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in south-western
France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of
Porte-du-Quercy
Porte-du-Quercy (, literally ''Gate of the Quercy''; oc, Pòrta de Carcin) is a commune in the Lot department
Department may refer to:
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.
History
The army of Simon de Montfort ravaged the village and demolished two castles there.
Administration
Before 1789, there were two parishes in that village, the one at Saux known by the name of
St. Andrew
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, the other at Tourniac by the name of St. Hilaire.
Curiously, both were a detached possession of the castellany of
Lauzerte
Lauzerte (; Languedocien: ''Lausèrta'') is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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, despite being part of the
Diocese of Cahors.
At that time, the village was known as Saux-de-Tourniac.
Tourniac
Tourniac is a hamlet to the west of the village Saux. It was mentioned on the 18th century
Cassini map
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as ''Tronhac''.
''Tronhac'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
/ref> Formerly an independent commune, it was merged into Saux between 1795 and 1800.
See also
* Communes of the Lot department
References
Former communes of Lot (department)
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