Latour-de-France

Latour- de -France ( Occitan: La Tor de Trinhac ) is a municipality with 1075 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Pyrénées- Orientales in the southern French region of Languedoc -Roussillon.

Location

Latour- de -France is located on a bend of the aglycon in the east of Fenouillèdes, about 29 km ( driving distance ) north-west of Perpignan. The wine Caramany is approximately 13 kilometers south-west.

Demographics

Economy

Main occupation of the inhabitants of Latour- de -France is the Agriculture, Forestry and especially the wine on the sun drenched south-facing slopes.

Viniculture

As the villages Lesquerde, Caramany and Tautavel has Latour- de -France held a privileged position within the large wine-growing region of the Côtes du Roussillon -Villages, as the wines are considered particularly quality and are proud to be marketed under the relevant place name. Crops grown grape varieties Syrah, Grenache and Carignan, primarily serving red wines are produced. In addition, in Latour- de -France and around the Rivesaltes fortified wine is made.

Tourism

Although the place can not be called a tourist destination in the traditional sense, the wine tourism and rental cottages ( gîtes ) play an important role in the economic life of the community.

History

The peoples and cultures of bygone eras ( megalithic cultures, Celtiberian, Romans, Visigoths and others) have left the field of Latour no archaeological traces. In the Carolingian period the Vice County of Fenouillèdes to the county Besalu belonged, and later - until the year 870 - the historic county Razès. In the 11th century had Latour a castle with a probably distinctive tower. In the 11th and 12th centuries the Fenouillèdes between the Kingdom of Aragon and the counties of Foix and Carcassonne in southern France, as well as the Archdiocese of Narbonne was controversial. In the 13th century Latour was a time long border town - a landmark (La Roque d'en Talou ) with the coat of arms of the former lords of Latour ( Seigneurs de Montesquieu ) and the cross Aragon has been preserved.

The signing of the peace Pyrenees in 1659 ended the territorial claims of the Spanish crown to Northern Catalonia. Together with the other five Comarcas northern Catalonia - - In the wake of the French Revolution, the Fenouillèdes was the newly created department of Pyrénées Orientales slammed.

Attractions

• The parish church of Notre- Dame-de- l'Assomption the only attraction of the place. The choir just closing dates - with the inclusion of older components - probably from the 15th century; the single-aisled nave was rebuilt in the 17th century. The road in front of the portal is paved with beautiful geometric patterns made ​​of river stones. Inside its various items of equipment (Find altar, pictures, statues) from the 17th and 18th centuries.