Peyreleau
Peyreleau ( Occitan: Peiralèu ) is a commune with 81 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the arrondissement of Millau Aveyron in the Midi-Pyrénées region.
Location
The small village is located across from Le Rozier on the lower reaches of the Jonte, a few hundred yards from their confluence with the Tarn, about 85 kilometers northwest of Montpellier and 15 km north-east of Millau. It is part of the Local Government Association Millau Grands Causses. Is peyreleau - due to its central location - the administrative center of the canton of the same name, but at the same time also the place with the smallest population of the canton.
Population Development
Attractions
Château Triadou
On the western outskirts of the village, the Château Triadou stands with his garden. It was from 1470 by Pierre d' Albignac II († 1517), Lord of Triadou built and occupied in July 1479 he and his wife Flore de Capluc. It was around 1559 by Pierre III. d' Albignac (1529-1596), the grandson of the two, extended, after their war chest and ensure that funds seized in a raid on passing Protestant troops to construction financing. The rest of the treasure, it was said, he hid to betray his heirs without the hiding place. His son Simon d' Albignac (1560-1644) expanded his possession by purchase of adjacent lands, and thus Peyreleau was the center of an important rule. Simon's son François I d' Albignac (1600-1696) left the estate in 1669, significantly expanding, in particular through the construction of new living quarters, an octagonal chapel and a large square tower.
The last inhabitants of the castle from the house Albignac, Philippe -François de Castelnau d' Albignac († 1814), Bishop of Angoulême, in 1792 went into exile in England and died in London on 3 January 1814. They had accused him head a to be counter-revolutionary band of robbers who had become notorious for terrible acts of violence, and on July 27, 1791 sent the authorities from Millau a squad of militiamen of the Chateau Triadou that it ransacked and looted, while at one stage of the main staircase two boxes with gold and silver found. The accusation against the bishop was probably baseless and merely the pretext for the search of the castle and the seizure of the treasure of Pierre III. d' Albignac. The property was confiscated by the community and served as mayor until the construction of a new building in 1893.
On 12 May 1944, the castle was classified as a monument historique. It is privately owned.
Clock Tower
The highest point in the village is the mighty square clock tower. Today it is owned by the municipality, which operates in guest rooms.
The tower was erected in 1617 by Simon d' Albignac on the foundations of an old, built in the 12th century castle, of which only the remains of the outer walls remain today. It belonged successively to the Mont Ferrand family, de la Chapelle family, Alfonso of Poitiers (brother of Louis IX. ) As Count of Rouergue, then in the 15th century, the very rich family Sévérac. In the 15th century the family d' Albignac moved the castle, but initially to be without an owner. After the construction of the castle Triadou they left the old castle, and entered into the castle to. In the early 18th century, then bought François II d' Albignac, grandson of Simon d' Albignac, the castle and dominion Peyreleau for 30,000 livres. The Marquis of Sévérac retained at the sale of the repurchase right on the he but a few years later waived upon payment of a further 5,000 livres.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the town, three golden pine cones on a blue background, is the house Albignac.
Personalities
- Philippe -François de Castelnau d' Albignac (1742-1814), 1784-1791/1801 Bishop of Angoulême, a member of the Estates-General of 1789 and the Constituent Assembly, born in Peyreleau
- Philippe François Maurice d' Albignac (1775-1824), Minister of War, 1809-1811 Jérôme Bonaparte in the Kingdom of Westphalia, 1816-1821 Commander of the Military School of Saint- Cyr, born in Peyreleau
- Pierre Mazeaud (* 1929), mountaineer, lawyer and politician, in 1978 one of the first three Frenchmen on Mount Everest, Member of Parliament and Vice-President of the National Assembly, 2004-2007 President of the Constitutional Council ( constitutional court ), residents of Peyreleau