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Montans
Montans () is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France. Geography Situated between Lisle-sur-Tarn and Gaillac, near the A68 autoroute, the village stands at the end of a terrace overlooking the River Tarn. The locality produces wine with the appellation Gaillac AOC. Name The name of the settlement is derived from the Occitan word ''montant'', meaning "steep". History The site of Montans was occupied by a Gallic oppidum. Already, the Gauls were producing pottery on the site since the environment was favorable with the alluvium covering the terrace containing pockets of clay. Following the Roman occupation, the site became in the beginning of AD one of the most important centers of pottery production in the Gallo-Roman world. The pottery was exported, mostly by water down the Tarn and Garonne rivers all the way to places like Brittany and Great Britain. Tourism L'Archéosite is a museum and documentation center, with an exhibition of pottery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montans Fast Food Shop
Montans () is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France. Geography Situated between Lisle-sur-Tarn and Gaillac, near the A68 autoroute, the village stands at the end of a terrace overlooking the River Tarn. The locality produces wine with the appellation Gaillac AOC. Name The name of the settlement is derived from the Occitan word ''montant'', meaning "steep". History The site of Montans was occupied by a Gallic oppidum. Already, the Gauls were producing pottery on the site since the environment was favorable with the alluvium covering the terrace containing pockets of clay. Following the Roman occupation, the site became in the beginning of AD one of the most important centers of pottery production in the Gallo-Roman world. The pottery was exported, mostly by water down the Tarn and Garonne rivers all the way to places like Brittany and Great Britain. Tourism L'Archéosite is a museum and documentation center, with an exhibition of pottery fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet
Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the towns of Gaillac and Graulhet. It is located in the Tarn department, in the Occitania region, southern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Gaillac.CA Gaillac-Graulhet (N° SIREN : 200066124) BANATIC. Retrieved 4 November 2024. In January 2023 the communes Amarens, Donnazac and Frausseilles left Gaillac-Graulhet and joined the ''Communauté de communes du Cordais et du Causse''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Tarn Department
The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. * Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois * Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet
Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal ...
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Gaillac AOC
Gaillac AOC () is an ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) in South West France in the département of Tarn, just north of Toulouse. History The region makes claims to be among the earliest viticultural centres of ancient Gaul, though possibly after those of Languedoc around Narbonne, with wine production established in early 1st century.winepros.com.au. Roman merchants transported wine to Bordeaux and Northern Europe down the Tarn, and vineyards soon followed in the valley. Archaeologists have found Roman pottery in Montans. The town of Gaillac grew up around the Benedictine monastery of Saint Michael, in the Tenth Century. As elsewhere, vineyards flourished in the care of the monks, who needed wine for religious purposes. By 1253, Gaillac was exporting its wine to England again, when Henry III bought 20 barrels. In 1387, the Counts of Toulouse granted Gaillac the right to put a rooster on the barrel in recognition of their wine, and ''le coq gaillacois'' continues i ... [...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] |
Occitan Language
Occitan (; ), also known by its native speakers as (; ), sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania. It is also spoken in Calabria ( Southern Italy) in a linguistic enclave of Cosenza area (mostly Guardia Piemontese) named Gardiol, which is also considered a separate Occitanic language. Some include Catalan as a dialect of Occitan, as the linguistic distance between this language and some Occitan dialects (such as the Gascon language) is similar to the distance between different Occitan dialects. Catalan was considered a dialect of Occitan until the end of the 19th century and still today remains its closest relative. Occitan is an official language of Catalonia, Spain, where a subdialect of Gascon known as Aranese is spoken (in the Val d'Aran). Since September 2010, the Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarn (river)
The Tarn (; , , possibly meaning 'rapid' or 'walled in') is a long river in the administrative region of Occitania in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Garonne. The Tarn runs in a roughly westerly direction, from its source at an elevation of on Mont Lozère in the Cévennes mountains (part of the Massif Central), through the deep gorges and canyons of the Gorges du Tarn that cuts through the Causse du Larzac, to Moissac in Tarn-et-Garonne, where it joins the Garonne, downstream from the centre of town. Its basin covers approximately , and it has a mean flow of approximately . The Millau Viaduct spans the valley of the Tarn near Millau, and is now one of the area's most popular attractions. Main tributaries The tributaries of the Tarn include: * Agout (in Saint-Sulpice) * Alrance * Aveyron (near Montauban) * Cernon * Dourbie (in Millau) * Dourdou de Camarès * Jonte (in Le Rozier) * Lemboulas * Lumensonesque * Muze * Rance (near Trébas) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A68 Autoroute
The A68 autoroute is a long motorway in southern France. It connects Toulouse to Albi. It starts with a junction with the A61 and a junction with the A62. It is also known as ''L’autoroute du Pastel''. Junctions *''A61-A68'' Junction between the A61 and the A68 *01 (''L'Union'') km 2: Towns served: L'Union **Péage *02 ''Exchange A68-A680'' km 10: A680 spur Towns served: to Gragnague and Verfeil *03 (''Montastruc'') km 13 Towns served: Montastruc-la-Conseillère *04 (''Buzet'') km 16 Towns served: Buzet-sur-Tarn *06 (''Saint-Sulpice Lavaur'') km 26 Towns served: Saint-Sulpice and Lavaur **Service Area: Saint-Sulpice *07 (''Rabastens'') km 32 Towns served: Rabastens *08 (''Lisle'') km 41 Towns served: Lisle-sur-Tarn **Rest Area: Sanbatan/Les Issarts *09 (''Gaillac'') km 47 Towns served: Gaillac *10 (''Cadalen'') km 52 Towns served: Cadalen *11 (''Marssac'') km 61 Towns served: Marssac-sur-Tarn and Albi Albi (; ) is a commune in France, commune in souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaillac
Gaillac (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It had in 2013 a population of 14,334 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called Gaillacois. Geography Gaillac is a town situated between Toulouse, Albi and Montauban. It has gained much recognition due to the wines that bear the town's name. The river Tarn runs along the border of the town by the south, east and west. It lies 50 km north-east of Toulouse. It is a market town and is the commercial centre of the north-west of Tarn. The local wine of Gaillac, first made almost two thousand years ago, is of two official appellations (AOC). The terroir is made up of clay, limestone, sand and silex soils. Gaillac receives more sunshine than Bordeaux and is graced by a cool maritime climate. Duras is the name both of the grape that is native to this area and of an AOC and town just northwest of the two "Gaillac" designations. History The town was founded in the second century CE by the Gauls who created a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisle-sur-Tarn
Lisle-sur-Tarn (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography Lisle-sur-Tarn sits along the A68 motorway, halfway between Toulouse and Albi, within the Gaillac wine region and next to the Tarn (department), Tarn river. Historically speaking, it is also located on one of the ancient Way of St. James, Ways of St. James. History Lisle-sur-Tarn was founded as a ''bastide'' (fortified town) by Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, in the 13th century, following the destruction of the nearby castle of Montagut, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Montagut by the crusaders during the Albigensian Crusade. Thanks to local products like pastel (a local cake) and Gaillac wine, the city was developed into a vibrant market town with a busy river port along the Tarn. This extensive heritage, in a region that is still producing wine nowadays, plays an important role in the local Tourism in Tarn, tourism-oriented economy. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
