Lanta (; ) is a
commune in the
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...
department in southwestern
France
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.
History
The attempt of the
capitoul
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Pierre Hunault,
sieur
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de Lanta, to seize control of
Toulouse
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'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
The following is a list of the 586 communes in the French department of Haute-Garonne.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Haute-Garonne
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