Le Fousseret

Le Fousseret ( Occitan Le Hosseret ) is a commune with 1755 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haute- Garonne and the Région Midi -Pyrénées. It is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the Canton of Le Fousseret. The inhabitants are called Fousseretois.

Geography

Le Fousseret is located north of the irrigation channel Canal de Saint- Martory and the river Louge, 60 km south-west of Toulouse. It is part of the Pays du Sud Toulousain, a region between Muret and Saint- Gaudens. The surrounding communities are called Montoussin, Marignac- Lasclares and Lavelanet -de- Comminges. Le Fousseret located 29 km south-west of Muret and is the largest town in the area of Toulouse. It leads directly to the Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises Regional Natural Park Pyrenees Ariégeoises.

History

The church is an ancient Bastide, a city founded in the Middle Ages and largely built in a train in southern France. The establishment of a Bastide carried out according to economic, political or military considerations.

Le Fousseret owes its name to the canyons or deep trenches ( fossés ) in the west of the village. As these trenches rectilinear (Latin fossa rectae ), the area was called Fosoreto.

The Order of St. John founded after his retirement from the Holy Land between Saint- Lys and Aurignacian, some communities in the populated mostly by poachers and robbers area. With the gradual cultivation of the forest of Bouconne ( forêt de Bouconne ) Le Fousseret also grew. Raymond VII (1197-1249), Count of Toulouse, built here a castle, which, developed for military castle, in 1420 unsuccessfully besieged by the English. 1531 concessions by King Francis I. were ( 1494-1547 ) confirmed and collected Le Fousseret in the 16th century to a barony. Between the population and the lords of the castle there was always friction because of the jurisdiction. In the 18th century the castle was partially damaged and demolished in 1820 in its entirety. Today there is the Promenade du Picon.

The Bishop and the deaf teacher Roch- Ambroise Sicard Cucurron (1742-1822), since 1789 Head of the Institution Nationale des Sourds - muets de Paris in Bordeaux - the world's first school of its kind - was born in Le Fousseret. In his honor, was situated on the Promenade du Picon a monument.

The church of Saint -Pierre- ès -Liens du Fousseret counts since 2002 to the Monuments historiques.

The population increased from 1,410 (1962 ) on the present state.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Le Fousseret shows in the upper blue highlighted section trois fleurs de Lys ( three lilies, the insignia of the French kings ) in gold. In the lower part there is the croix du Languedoc ( Cross of Languedoc ), which is hollow inside, also in gold on a red background. There are three stylized coins At the four ends of the cross.