Le Bourg

Le Bourg ( Occitan: Lo Borg ) is a southern French village with 300 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Lot in the Midi-Pyrénées region. The municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park Causses du Quercy.

Location

Le Bourg is located at an altitude of about 350 meters above sea level. inst on the southwestern edge of the Massif Central approximately on the border between the fertile region of Limargue and it is highly distinctive limestone soils of Ségala. The place is located on a side route of the Camino de Santiago ( Via Podiensis ) about halfway between Rocamadour and Gramat and Figeac; the town of Cahors is located about 63 kilometers south-west.

Demographics

In the first half of the 19th century, the place always had 600-750 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in the wine and the mechanization of agriculture has declined, the population then steadily to their lowest point in the 1960s and 1970s back.

Economy

In skin -Quercy agriculture was operated primarily for self-catering, which included the wine until the 19th century, but was abandoned almost entirely after the phylloxera crisis. Today - in addition agriculture retail and craft - the tourism in the form of apartment rentals ( gîtes ) a major role in the economy of the community.

History

The origin of the town is closely linked to the founding of a priory of the abbey of Aurillac. In the 16th century church and place suffered destruction during the Wars of Religion ( 1562-1598 ). In 1823, the nearby town of Saint- Médard- la- Garénie was dissolved; their territory was the communities Issepts and Le Bourg struck. In May 1944, deported a department of the SS - Division ' Das Reich ' 13 men from the village, four of whom did not return.

Attractions

• The preserved parts ( transept, vestibule ) of the former priory and present parish church ( Église Saint- Saturnin ) are assigned to the late 11th and early 12th century. The three-aisled nave was destroyed in the 16th century and never rebuilt; the current entrance and the tower-like attachment for the bells date from this period. In Vierungsbereich and in the choir are clearly the will to design and the craftsmanship of the medieval builders read: The lower level is formed by arcades with large and richly decorated capitals; also located in the semicircle of the apse window zone and the exact brick apse vault in the form of a semi-dome. The choir bay is at the top of a second arcades position and closes with a barrel vault. Above the arch to the apse there are three small windows, which, arching ' (so-called mitres ') of inclined slabs. The church building was classified as a monument historique in 1986.

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Capital with braided leather and pine cones

Vegetabilisches capital with head motif and braid on the impost block

• A water mill was built over the creek Francès.
• Several stone crosses at site or in the surrounding area

Crossroads

Crossroads