Fronton (Haute-Garonne)
The community Fronton is located in the Région Midi -Pyrénées, Haute- Garonne in France. It has an area of 45.8 km ² at altitudes 101-189 m above sea level and has 5700 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011). Fronton is located about halfway between the capital of the department of Toulouse (28 km south), whose agglomeration it belongs, and the city of Montauban, which is 22 km north.
Viticulture and economy
- The city gave the wine-growing region Côtes -du- Frontonnais his name.
- Livestock and pasture management, cattle
- Fruit-growing
- Wineries
- Spirits distilleries
History
The Romans settled in the area, which in the possession of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, came the later Order of Malta some time later. The town was under the protection of Pope Calixte II (actually Guido of Vienne or Guido Count of Burgundy, son of Count William of Burgundy ) in the 12th century founded in 1119 on his election and coronation. From this period the church of Saint -Jean -Baptiste, the one herumbaute the city dates. At this time the Order received many significant donations, so a Commandery was established, headed by a scholar and who was also the governor of Fronton. In the 13th century began, the city is now built around the castle Château de Gransac to fasten around. In 1303 it was King Philip the Fair with his army in Fronton station, from where he moved to crush him against the Knights Templar. The onset of the 16th century, and lasted until 1628 religious wars attracted the city and the region repeatedly affected. In 1567 the city was first attacked and destroyed by the Huguenots. In addition, the population had suffered considerably from the former crop failures and the plague. 1632 did king Louis XIII. in the city in order to heal the people by laying on of hands of the scrofula. It was a coronation ritual, which was zeremoniert in France and England from the Middle Ages to the early modern period.
In recent decades, benefited from the economic boom Fronton the nearby regional capital of Toulouse, whose catchment area it belongs to. The population of Fronton increased from 2200 mid-sixties to today nearly 5,000.
Attractions
The church of Notre -Dame with
- Romanesque portal of the 12th century,
- Tower of the 12th century,
- Baptismal font made of lead arising from the Abbey of Grandselve and
- Golden altarpiece (1640)
Tower of the 12th century
Baptismal font made of lead arising from the Abbey of Grandselve and
Golden altarpiece (1640)