Saint-Matré (;
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 ...
: ''Sent Matre'') 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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.
Etymology
A local tradition according to which the toponym was derived from
St. Amator
Amator Amadour or Amatre was bishop of Auxerre from 388 until his death on 1 May 418 and venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Amator's feast day is celebrated on 1 May.
Amator of Auxerre
Amator studied theology under Valerian, Bishop ...
is rather doubtful given the old forms of the name that have come down to us.
No saint is mentioned in the medieval ''pouillés'' , the village being called ''Samatre''.
A 14th century ''pouillé'' mentions ''Samayré''. We can find ''Samatré'' or ''Samatan'' in the 15th century texts, then ''Saint-Mathié'' in 1526 and ''Saint-Matré du Crucifix'' in 1679.
So we see there is no question of any Christian influence to the toponym. Its name could derive from a
Gallo-Roman domain belonging to a certain ''Samitius'', but there are no archaeological data to support such a view.
Administration
List of mayors since 1802 :
*1802-1804: Jean Basset
*1804-1809: Jean Bessières
*1809-1814: Armand David
*1815-1831: Jean-Baptiste Estang
*1831-1843: Jean Bessières
*1843-1855: Paul David
*1855-1863: Jean Bessières
*1863-1878: Étienne Frezal
*1878-1884: Émile Pignier
*1884-1902: Jean Jordy
*2001-2019: Christian Bessières
See also
*
Communes of the Lot department
Notes
References
External links
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Saintmatre
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