Castelmoron-d'Albret

Castel -d'Albret is a commune with 54 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in the region; it belongs to the district Langon and Canton Monségur.

Castel Moron applies with 3.76 hectares of land ( which is about the size of the Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris ) as the smallest area of ​​municipality of France. The smallest municipality by population in France is Rochefourchat in the Drome.

History

Castel -d'Albret was as vice county in the possession of the house and part of the Duchy of Albret Albret.

During the French Revolution showed the community Castel Moron of the parish of Sainte -Catherine de Castel Moron.

At the time of the National Convention (1792-1795) the church bore the provisional revolutionary name Castel- Marat.

In 1957 she was given the additional name Albret in order to distinguish them from the municipality of Castel -sur -Lot in the neighboring department of Lot- et- Garonne.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Fortified village on a rocky outcrop, remains of the city walls
  • Ducal Palace, today Mairie
  • Church from the 19th century
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