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Meyrueis
Meyrueis (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Lozère Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography The town of Meyrueis is located between the foothills of Mont Aigoual to the south and the Causse Méjean to the north. The town thus marks the border between the geographic areas of the Grands Causses, Causse Noir and Causse Méjean, and the Cévennes Mountains. Three rivers meet there: the Jonte (river), Jonte, the Béthuzon and the Brèze. The communal territory extends across 10,468 hectares, delimited by an approximate rectangle 25 km long and 10 km wide. It has an average altitude of 706 metres; the highest point is 1562 metres. The neighbouring towns are Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers and Hures-la-Parade to the north, Gatuzières to the east, and Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu and Lanuéjols, Gard, Lanuéjols to the south. To the south-west, lies the commune of Veyreau in the Aveyron ''département''. History From Prehistory to the Gallo-Roman Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonte (river)
The Jonte is a river in southern France. It flows through the departments of Lozère and 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 ''Aveyro .... It is a tributary of the Tarn, which it joins in Le Rozier. Departments and communes along the river: * Lozère: Meyrueis, Le Rozier * Aveyron: Peyreleau References Rivers of France Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) Rivers of Lozère Rivers of Aveyron {{France-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Roquefeuil-Anduze
The House of Roquefeuil-Anduze is an old French noble family. It was formed in 1129 after the marriage between Adelaïs of Roquefeuil and Bernard of Anduze. Heiress of the first Roquefeuil family, Adelaïs inherited from her father and transmitted her family possessions to her son Raymond. Both the Roquefeuil and Anduze family controlled vast territories in the Languedoc, France under various noble titles and coined money. Origin of the Roquefeuil family The Roquefeuil family appeared in 900 as an offshoot of the house of Barcelona and became one of the most illustrious noble families in the south of France. Their possessions in the Languedoc, France included the barony of Roquefeuil-Meyrueis or the viscounty of Creyssels. Some ruins of the Roquefeuil castle still exits in Saint-Jean du Bruel (formerly Saint-Jean of Roquefeuil). Roquefeuil-Anduze In 1129, Bertrand of Anduze married the heiress Adélaïde of Roquefeuil. Their son Raymond maintained the name of Roquefeuil and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Causse Méjean
Causse Méjean is a limestone plateau in the Lozère department, in southern France. It is a part of Causses and Cévennes, The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site. Communes Causse Méjan is part of 13 Communes of France, communes in Lozère: * Hures-la-Parade * Meyrueis * Les Vignes * Montbrun, Lozère, Montbrun * Florac * Le Mas-Saint-Chély * Gatuzières * Fraissinet-de-Fourques * Vebron * Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves * Le Rozier * Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers * La Malène See also * Causses * Gorges du Tarn * Cévennes National Park References Landforms of Lozère Plateaus of Metropolitan France {{Lozère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veyreau
Veyreau (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. 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] |
County Of Rodez
The County of Rodez was a fief of the County of Toulouse formed out of part of the old County of Rouergue in what is today Aveyron, France. Its capital was Rodez. At its height, it was a centre of troubadour culture. On the death of Hugh of Rouergue in 1053, Bertha, his heiress, disputed the Rouergue with William IV of Toulouse and Raymond of Saint-Gilles, distant relations. A decade of war ensued, but Bertha died in 1065 and William and Raymond took to fighting each other for the Rouergue. Since William was already count of Toulouse an agreement was reached whereby Raymond was recognised in the Rouerge. When Raymond succeeded William in 1094, Rouergue became an appanage for the younger sons of the counts of Toulouse. When Raymond left on the First Crusade at the end of October 1096, however, he left Richard III of Millau, a younger son of Viscount Berengar of Millau and Rodez, in charge of the citadel of Rodez and several castles. Taking advantage of the war between Raymon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viguerie
In Southern France, a ''viguerie'' (; ) was a mediaeval administrative court. A ''viguerie'' is named for the place it serves or is found in, that is, the main town of the borough, which need not be its (administrative capital). Appearing during the Carolingian dynasty, the started as the seat of civil and criminal justice, taking its name from the Count or Viscount. With the decline of feudal power and its transfer to Royal jurisdiction, the became the lowest court, dealing only with day-to-day affairs. It was administered by a , a judge whose remit varied, over time and space, from that of a judge of a Court of Assize to that of a judge of a Court of Common Pleas. largely disappeared after 1749, following an edict suppressing the lower courts. Even so, in many regions such as Provence, they survived until the French Revolution. In Languedoc, Rouergue and Carladés, they transformed into the lowest Courts of Appeal. In other regions similar courts were named for the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouergue
Rouergue (; ) is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron. Its historical capital is Rodez. It is bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan and on the west by Quercy. During the Middle Ages Rouergue changed hands a number of times; its rulers included England (due to the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360), Armagnac and Languedoc. Rouergue became a department in 1790, and was renamed Aveyron after the principal river flowing through it. Upon creation of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in 1808, the canton of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val was detached from the western extremity of Aveyron and transferred to the new department. The province of Rouergue had a land area of . At the 1999 census there were 269,774 inhabitants on the territory of the province of Rouergue, for a density of only . The largest urban areas are Rodez, with 38,458 inhabitants in 1999; Millau, with 22,840 inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gévaudan
Gévaudan (; ) is a historical area of France in Lozère ''département''. It took its name from the Gabali, a Gallic tribe. History After the conquest of Gaul, the Romans preserved the capital city of the Gabali, ''Anderitum'', which they renamed ''Gabalum'' (modern Javols). Middle Ages In the Gallo-Roman period, Gévaudan was known as ''Pagus Gabalicus''. It was later part of the Kingdom of the Franks, then became part of the Kingdom of Aquitaine, and was placed under the rule of the Count of Toulouse. In the beginning of the 10th century, Mende had supplanted Javols as religious and administrative capital of the Gévaudan. The western part of Gévaudan constituted the Viscounty of Grèzes. In 1096 the Count of Toulouse, leaving for the Crusade, transmitted his rights on the eastern part of Gévaudan to the Bishop of Mende. It was inherited in 1166 by Alfonso II of Aragon. In the 12th century, Adalbert, Bishop of Mende, decided to take advantage of the lack of int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anduze
Anduze (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gard Departments of France, department in southern France.Anduze", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. II, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 24 . The village is at the foot of the Cevennes range, in the limestone plateau of the Languedoc scrublands. History The lordship of Anduze which was established in the early 10th century was one of the oldest and most powerful of Languedoc. Coining money, the family Anduze reigned as the supreme house of the Cevennes. The lords of the House Anduze were the titled Marquis of Gothia and Prince of Anduze and were allied to the count of Toulouse, counts of Toulouse and participated in the Albigensian Crusade, crusade against the Albigensians in 1266, it was related to the King of France, crown of France. It counted among its branches of the houses of Sauve, Gard, Sauve, House of Roquefeuil-Blanquefort, Roquefeuil (still existing), Sommieres, and Cayla Thoiras. Anduze was the crad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saracen
upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens ''Saracen'' ( ) was a term used both in Greek and Latin writings between the 5th and 15th centuries to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. The term's meaning evolved during its history of usage. During the Early Middle Ages, the term came to be associated with the tribes of Arabia. The oldest known source mentioning "Saracens" in relation to Islam dates back to the 7th century, in the Greek-language Christian tract '' Doctrina Jacobi''. Among other major events, the tract discusses the Muslim conquest of the Levant, which occurred after the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Roman Catholic Church and European Christian leaders used the term during the Middle Ages to refer to Muslims. By the 12th century, "Saracen" developed various overlapping definitions, generally conflatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Septimania
Septimania is a historical region in modern-day southern France. It referred to the western part of the Roman province of '' Gallia Narbonensis'' that passed to the control of the Visigoths in 462, when Septimania was ceded to their king, Theodoric II. During the Early Middle Ages, the region was variously known as Gallia Narbonensis, Gallia, or Narbonensis. The territory of Septimania roughly corresponds with the modern French former administrative region of Languedoc-Roussillon that merged into the new administrative region of Occitanie. In the Visigothic Kingdom, which became centred on Toledo by the end of the reign of Leovigild, Septimania was both an administrative province of the central royal government and an ecclesiastical province whose metropolitan was the Archbishop of Narbonne. Originally, the Goths may have maintained their hold on the Albigeois, but if so it was conquered by the time of Chilperic I. There is archaeological evidence that some enclaves of Visi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
