Ceilhes-et-Rocozels

Ceilhes -et- Rocozels ( Occitan Selha e Rocosèls ) is a commune with 307 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Hérault in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. It belongs to the district Lodève and Canton Lunas.

The municipality was created in 1794 by merging Ceilhes and Rocozels

Geography

The community is located at the upper Orb on the border of the Aveyron region, about 33 kilometers south of Millau between the Causse plateau in the north, and the mountain of the Monts de l' Espinouse in the southwest. The municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Haut Languedoc.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Church of Saint -Jean -Baptiste in Ceilhes (12th century)
  • Ramparts of Ceilhes
  • Castle Bouloc ( 10./12. Century and 18th century)
  • Ferme du Batiment
  • Bridge over the Orb (14th century)
  • Chapel of Our Lady (12th century)
  • Church of Rocozels (from 12th century )

Townscape

Marketplace

Bridge

City ​​gate

Calade

Church of Rocozels

Church of Saint -Jean -Baptiste

Interior of the church

Stair tower

Personalities

  • Guillaume IV de Rocozels, Bishop of Béziers 1198-1205
  • Raymond III. de Rocozels, Bishop of Lodève 1263-1280
  • Marie de Fleury (1661-1692), sister of André Hercule de Fleury (1653-1743), Bishop of Fréjus 1699-1715 and minister of Louis XV. , Wife of Bernardin de Rosset de Rocozels, Seigneur de Bouloc
  • Jean Hercule de Fleury de Rosset de Rocozels (1683-1748), their son, born at Castle Bouloc
  • Pons de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1690-1763), Marquis de Rocozels
  • André- Hercule de Fleury de Rosset de Rocozels (1715-1788), Field Marshal, Governor and Lieutenant of Lorraine
  • Pierre Augustin de Bernardin de Rosset Rocozels de Fleury (1717-1780), Bishop of Chartres (1747-1780)
  • Henri -Marie- Bernardin de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1718-1781), Archbishop of Tours (1751-1774), Archbishop of Cambrai (1774-1781)
  • André Hercule Marie Louis de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1767-1810), last Duke of Fleury, Pair de France. ∞ Anne- Françoise- Aimée de Franquetot de Coigny (1769-1820)
  • Abbé Antoine Tarroux († 1877), Vicar of Ceilhes, founder of the Congregation of the Sœurs minimes de la Doctrine chrétienne.
  • Charles Bonami (1908-1987), historian, born in Ceilhes.
  • Lucette Allègre (1913-2009), teacher, resistance fighter
  • Claude Allègre ( born 1937 ), politician and minister, whose son,
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