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Larzac
Larzac (, ), also known as the Causse of Larzac (French: ''Causses, Causse du Larzac''; ), is a limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France, situated between Millau (in the Departments of France, department of Aveyron) and Lodève (in the department of Hérault). It is an agricultural area, where traditionally Lacaune (sheep), sheep produce milk for Roquefort cheese. Since the early 2010s, agricultural production has diversified. Geography The Communes of France, communes of the Larzac are: *Cornus, Aveyron, Cornus *Creissels *La Cavalerie *La Couvertoirade *La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite *L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac *Le Caylar *Le Cros *Les Rives *Millau *Nant, Aveyron, Nant *Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras *Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon *Saint-Maurice-Navacelles *Saint-Michel-d'Alajou *Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage *Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon *Sorbs, Hérault, Sorbs *La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries *Vissec The Larzac is served by junctions 46 to 51 of the A75 autorout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac
L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in southern France, part of the southern Massif central, incorporating part of the Larzac plateau. The economy is agricultural, notably dairy produce (Roquefort cheese), but also beef and mutton production, and rural tourism. L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac is the site of discovery of one of the longest and most important inscriptions in the Gaulish language, L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac curse tablet, a lead curse tablet (found in 1983). The commune is named for a historical hospital founded by viscount Millau Gilbert (or Guibert) in 1108. It was owned by Cassan Abbey from 1174 to 1789. The parish church was at Saint-Étienne-du-Larzac, now ruined, in what is now part of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon commune. The hospital was fortified in the early 15th century, after which the parish center was transferred there. The current parish church dates to 1764, presumably built on top of an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Caylar
Le Caylar (; ), also known as ''Le Caylar-en-Larzac'', is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France, in the administrative region of Occitanie. It has the Village étape label since 2013. Geography Le Caylar is situated 71 km from Montpellier and 18 km from Lodève. The village is situated on the limestone karst plateau of Larzac. The climate is very dry there, cold in winter and rather hot in summer. The rocks consist of limestones: calcium carbonate (CaCO3) or dolomite: double carbonate of calcium and magnesium (CaMg (CO3)2). The first gives very lapiazed reliefs. The second is less soluble than the first, resulting in irregular reliefs.Gérard Mottet, ''Géographie physique de la France'', ''Presses universitaires de France'', 1999, p. 223. Toponymy ''Le'' is a French definite article equivalent to ''the'' in English. ''Caylar'' is an old meridional word meaning ''castle''. Therefore, ''Le Caylar'' means ''The Castle''. The long form of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millau
Millau (; ) is a commune in Occitania, France. Located at the confluence of the Tarn and Dourbie rivers, the town is a subprefecture of the Aveyron department. Millau is known for its Viaduct, glove industry and several nearby natural landmarks such as the Gorges du Tarn. The surrounding Causses are renowned for their pastoral traditions and cheese production, including Roquefort. In this regard, the region has been part of the Causses and Cévennes World Heritage Site since 2011. History The town dates back nearly 3000 years when it was situated on the Granède hills which dominate the town. In the second or first century B.C, it would move to the alluvial plain on the left bank of the Tarn. The plain gave the town its Gallic name of Condatomagus (Contado meaning ''confluence'' and magus for the ''market''). The site of Condatomagus was identified in the 19th century by Dieudonné Rey; it was close to the major earthenware centre in the Roman Empire, La Graufe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite
La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Lying deep in the scenic Dourbie gorge, the commune absorbed the formerly separate commune of St Verin in 1940, and it also incorporates the village of Pierrefiche du Larzac, which lies much higher on the ''Causse du Larzac'' (Larzac Plateau), at about 670 metres above sea level. The village lies about east of Millau Millau (; ) is a commune in Occitania, France. Located at the confluence of the Tarn and Dourbie rivers, the town is a subprefecture of the Aveyron department. Millau is known for its Viaduct, glove industry and several nearby natural .... The main industry for the residents who still work locally is tourism: the most visited site in Aveyron for tourists, Le Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux, is within its bounds. But most working residents commute into Millau. On the Causse du Larzac, the villagers of Pierrefiche were shepherds, bringing their ewes' milk t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aveyron
Aveyron (; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron (river), Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants of Aveyron's Prefectures in France, prefecture, Rodez, are called ''Ruthénois'', based upon the first settlers in the area, the Ruteni. With an area of and a population of 279,595, Aveyron is a largely rural department with a population density of . History Aveyron is one of the Departments of France, original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. The earliest known inhabitants of the region were the Rutenii tribe, though the area was inhabited prior to their tenure. The department has many prehistoric monuments, including over a thousand dolmens, the most of any department in France. During the medieval and early modern perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornus, Aveyron
Cornus (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Geography The commune lies on the causse du Larzac. The village lies in the valley of the Dèvre, a tributary of the Sorgues, which has its source in the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron department of France. Out of the land area is being , and the percentage of the department's land area is just 34 per cent of its land area of an average commune. The communes cooperat ... References Communes of Aveyron Aveyron communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aveyron-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nant, Aveyron
Nant () is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Geography The commune is located in the southern part of the Massif Central. It includes a part of the Larzac plateau and its foothills, the valley of the Durzon river and a part of the valley of the Dourbie river. History In the 10th century, monks drained the marshy soil of the Durzon valley where it joins the Dourbie, using a network of stone-lined canals. They started agriculture in the district. In 926 AD they built a monastery at the confluence of the two watercourses. In 1135 the monastery became an abbey. The economy and the local population grew and the village of Nant grew up around the abbey. During the Wars of Religion the cloister and the monastic buildings were destroyed, but the village had a period of prosperity again during the second half of the 17th century. The large market buildings in the main square hosted local fairs and a flourishing market. An ecclesiastical college was found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Causses
The Causses () are a group of limestone plateaux (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin (région), Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes. Large river Canyons, gorges cut through the plateaux, such as the Gorges du Tarn, Tarn, Dourbie, Jonte (river), Jonte, Lot (river), Lot, Vis (river), Vis, and Aveyron (river), Aveyron. ''Causse'' is an Occitan language, Occitan word meaning "limestone plateau" coming from the latin word calx meaning limestone or chalk. The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2011, because of the region's extensive and continuous use of Mediterranean pastoral systems and their testimony to the traditional methods of transhumance. Since at least the Bronze Age, the Causses were used for sheep and cattle droving, and in the Middle Ages, religious orders established in the area, buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodève
Lodève (; , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Hérault, in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, southern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the department. The derivation of the city's name is from Gaulish ''Luteva'', composed of lut-, swamp, mud + suffix -eva. It might therefore translate as ''the muddy place'' or ''the swamp city''. This mud could be a clay, called argillite, which was use during ancient history to produce pottery. Geography Lodève lies where the coastal plain rises up to the Larzac plateau, from Montpellier, where the river :fr:Lergue, Lergue and the smaller river :fr:Soulondre, Soulondre meet. Lodève is surrounded by green hills and vineyards and lies only from the large man-made Lac du Salagou. Climate Lodève has a mostly mediterranean climate, with hot summers favourable to viticulture. Violent storms and torrential rain are frequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Couvertoirade
La Couvertoirade (; ) is a commune in the southern French department of Aveyron. Geography La Couvertoirade is located on the Larzac plateau. History and sites of interest This well-preserved fortified town was owned by the Knights Templar, under orders from the Commandery of Sainte-Eulalie, from the twelfth century. The Templars built the fortress there during the 12th and 13th centuries; its two upper floors have since been removed. Following their dissolution in 1312, the Templars' property in the ''causses'' was taken by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem who were responsible for building the curtain wall at La Couvertoirade between 1439 and 1450. Like other Larzac villages, the population fell rapidly in the 19th century, to as few as 362 by 1880. Today, it is largely inhabited by craftsmen working with enamel, pottery, weaving and similar crafts. It belongs to the association known as Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (the most beautiful villages of France). Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cavalerie
La Cavalerie (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. During the 1970s it became the focal point of peasant resistance to the proposed extension of the Larzac military training base, just to the north. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron department of France. Out of the land area is being , and the percentage of the department's land area is just 34 per cent of its land area of an average commune. The communes cooperat ... References Communes of Aveyron Aveyron communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aveyron-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Rives
Les Rives (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... References Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
