Pagus

Pagus (Latin, " hall, Gau " ), in the Roman era name of the rural districts, in which the Roman territory of Numa Pompilius, or according to other sources of Servius Tullius was divided. They formed since the latter sub-divisions of the tribe ( electoral districts ) and had their own head ( magistri pagi ), which led the hallway books Paganalien initiated and had to perform services from excavations and tribute distribution.

The Romans brought the name on foreign nations, as the Germans and the Helvetii.

France

In France, the concept of pagus has survived in today pays. Today many of the pays are (largely) identical with the old pagi, such as the Ponthieu and Comminges.

Such was the beginning of the 5th century, the Provincia Gallia Lugdunensis Secunda, today's Normandy, canonically identical with the Diocese of Rouen, were among the six suffragan dioceses. Under civil law, on the other hand Lugdunensis Secunda was divided into pagi:

  • Pagus Rotomagensis ( Roumois ), the area around Rouen
  • Pagus Caletus ( Pays de Caux ), the area around Le Havre
  • Pagus Vilcassinus ( Vexin )
  • Pagus Tellaus ( Talou ), the area around Dieppe
  • Pagus Bajocassinus ( Bessin ), the area around Bayeux
  • Pagus Lexovinus ( Lieuvin ), the area around Lisieux
  • Pagus Corilensis
  • Pagus Constantinus, the area around Coutances
  • Pagus Abrincatinus ( Avranchin ), the area around Avranches
  • Pagus Oximensis ( Hiémois )
  • Pagus Sagensis, the area around Sées
  • Pagus Corbonensis ( Corbonnais )
  • Pagus Ebroicinus ( Évrecin ), the area around Evreux
  • Pagus Madriacensis ( Madrie )
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