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Caussade
Caussade is a commune in the district of Montauban, located in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in the south of France. Caussade, an ancient city of the white Quercy or lower Quercy, it is located in the hills of Quercy and nicknamed " hat city" due to milliner production in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The straw hat, the famous boater was made in Caussade. The inhabitants are called ''the Caussadais and Caussadaises''. Geography Caussade is situated in the valley of the Lère, a tributary of the Aveyron (river), Aveyron. For two kilometers, geological mutations overwhelm the landscape, leaving the plateau of Limognes and its western and southern extension as a low Jurassic plateau. Further descent into the former Oligocene Gulf of Monteils leads to the former floodplain of the Aveyron (river), Aveyron, which meets the Tarn (river), Tarn downstream from Montauban. The plateau, from karstic rock edaphic, has soil that is poor and dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteils, Tarn-et-Garonne
Monteils (; oc, Montelhs) is a Commune of France, commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Monteillais'' in French. Geography The commune is located in the Quercy on the river Lère to the east of Caussade, in an undulating countryside. Farmland, woods, meadows closed by hedges or dry stone walls, form the bulk of its natural identity. History According to the Boscus, Monteils made his first appearance in history in 1165. For a bubble of Pope Alexander III, the chapter of Saint-Antonin is maintained in the possession of the church Monteils known under the name of St. John the Baptist. However, after Jacques Neveu, important discoveries (tombs dated around the sixth century AD, four sites Gallo-Roman, the most important is the SES, jewelry, flint, bifaces seem ...), show that life existed there are more than 150 000 years in our ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |