Lisle-sur-Tarn

Lisle- sur -Tarn ( Occitan: L' Illa d' Albiges ) is a southern French village with 4328 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Tarn department in the Midi-Pyrénées region.

Location

The former Bastide Lisle- sur -Tarn is located about 51 km ( driving distance ) north-east of Toulouse and about 32 kilometers south-west of Albi. The nearest large town is the wine village of Gaillac about 10 kilometers north-east. The place name is explained by the almost island-like situation between the river Tarn and two smaller streams ( Rabisteau and Vignal ). The Tarn is frequented in the Middle Ages and even into the 1920s of barges, miscellaneous goods - sometimes people - transported.

Demographics

In 1800, the site had over 5,000 inhabitants. After that, the population declined steadily to just over 3,000 in the 1920s from. Only in recent decades is a turnaround determine.

Economy

The viticulture and the cultivation of woad ( pastel) have brought the small town in the Middle Ages and in early modern times a certain prosperity. Today in the environment mainly wheat and corn are grown. Due to the convenient location about halfway between Albi and Toulouse, is an industrial zone developed in which small and medium-sized enterprises have settled, and also the cultural and wine tourism plays a not unimportant role in the economy of the small town.

History

The after end of the Albigensian Crusade - so in the years after 1229 - City founded by Count Raymond VII of Toulouse was on a side road leading over Albi the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela ( Via Tolosana ). During the Wars of Religion (1562-1598), a permanent court ( Chambre de l' Edit) was installed in Lisle -sur -Tarn, who had occupied one half each with Protestants and Catholics.

Attractions

  • The central square ( Place centrale) from Lisle- sur -Tarn is one of the largest in the south of France. Most of the surrounding houses - whether timber or brick buildings - are three floors (ground floor and two upper floors ) and resting on arcades, which equally offer protection from rain as sunshine. In the Middle Ages here traders and small woodworking shops have settled that supplied the inhabitants of the town and its surroundings with everything you need.
  • In the middle of the square stands a standing eight octagonal pillars Fountain ( Fontaine de Griffoul ), which was donated to the population in the mid- 13th century by Johanna, the last heiress of the county of Toulouse, and her husband Alfonso of Poitiers. The fountain is already recognized as a monument historique since 1914.
  • In one corner of the square is a two-storey half-timbered house ( maison à colombages ) with wooden shutters, which rests on an elaborate wooden supports construction. The Gefachfüllungen consist of bricks, some of which are laid as a herringbone pattern. The building is recognized as a monument historique since 1937.
  • The Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville, the former Hôtel de Boisset- Glassac ) is directly on the main square; it dates from around 1800 and was originally the palace of the wealthy merchant family Boisset. On the ground floor there are the usual arcades; the floor receives light through eight large and two smaller windows. To large canvas paintings found on the walls of the Great Hall upstairs with idyllic scenes of country life. The building is recognized as a monument historique since 1988.
  • The Église Notre- Dame de la Jonquière is surprisingly not in the center, but about 200 meters away. It is a three-nave brick building in the style of tolosaner Gothic from the 13th and 14th centuries. The high - at first square, then octagonal top - west tower with a spire does not meet the building traditions of the Midi, where Vierungstürme and not western towers in the foreground. After 1271, the year of incorporation of the former county of Toulouse in the French royal domain, but can be found in the south of France reinforced the acquisition of building ideas from the north. Parts of a Romanesque portal was integrated into the entrance on the north side of the church. The church is recognized as a monument historique since 1886.
  • The Château Gineste is about five kilometers north-east on a side road to Gaillac. It is a representative wine chateau from the mid-19th century and was built in neoclassical style. In 1992 it was placed under protection.
  • In the vicinity of the town still be some standing dovecotes ( Pigeonniers ), who served the lords ( seigneurs ) and the somewhat more affluent sections of the population to enrich their diet.

Partner community

  • Borja (Zaragoza ), Spain
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