Mazan-l'Abbaye
Mazan L'Abbaye is a commune with 138 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in Ardèche, in the Rhône -Alpes. It belongs to the Association of Municipalities Source de la Loire. As for the area, it is the largest municipality in the canton of Montpezat- sous- Bauzon, the third largest municipality in the district Largentière and sixth-largest municipality in the Ardèche.
Geography
The mountain village of Mazan Abbaye is located in the south of France in the Massif Central on the edge of the Regional Natural Park of Monts d' Ardèche, 82 kilometers southwest of Saint -Etienne and 39 kilometers southeast of Le Puy -en -Velay. Neighboring communities of Mazan Abbaye are Lanarce in the West, Saint- Cirgues -en- Montagne in the north, Le Roux in the southeast and Astet in the southwest. The municipal area covers 4479 hectares, the average altitude is 1160 meters above sea level, the Mairie is at an altitude of 1137 meters.
Mazan L'Abbaye is a climate of type Cfb ( according to Köppen and Geiger ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.
History
The name of the municipality is of Mas d' Adam ( Adams Country House ' ) is derived. Before the village was founded, was located at the place only a mass, which ceded the seigneur of the place to the diocese of Viviers, who founded the monastery there Mazan 1119-1122. Was populated the newly built monastery with monks from the monastery Bonnevaux in Lieudieu. The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) and in the Huguenot wars, the monastery was looted. As a result of the French Revolution (1789-1799), the monastery was finally abandoned. The monastery church was further used for the worship of the place until complained to the pastor of Mazan about the cold in the big church in the 19th century. The acting bishop of Viviers was then tear off parts of the Romanesque monastery and built with the stones of a smaller church.
Between 1790 and 1794 Mazeiras was incorporated. 1793 received Mazan Abbaye in the wake of the French Revolution the status of a community ( even as Mazan ) and 1801 the right to local self-government. 1901, the former municipality Mazan et Mezeyrac was divided into the communities Issanlas and Mazan. The present name, the community only since 1954.
Most inhabitants Mazan Abbaye had 1876 (2046), then the number of inhabitants fell sharply. So far, the least inhabitants, the municipality had 2006 ( 139).
Culture and sights
The ruins of the monastery Mazan was classified as a monument historique in 1946 ( historic monument ').
Mazan Abbaye is part of the Roman Catholic Community B16 - cl2, which belongs to the parish of Notre Dame de la Montagne of the diocese of Viviers. The church of Notre -Dame de l' Assomption (, Assumption into heaven ') was built in the 19th century on the foundations of monastic bakery, as the abbey church was too large and difficult to heat. 1843, the new church was consecrated. The keystone in the church of Notre -Dame de l' Assomption was manufactured in the 15th century. He comes from the fountain in the cloister of the monastery and was classified as a monument historique in 1969.
Local products
The municipal area controlled designation of origin (AOC ) for beef (Fin gras du Mézenc ) and picodon and protected geographical indications ( PGI ) for poultry ( Volailles d' Auvergne ), sausage ( saucisson de l' Ardèche), ham ( Jambon de l apply ' Ardèche) and wine (Ardèche and Mediterranean). The cattle from which Fin gras du Mézenc will be prepared, lined with hay, which is grown in the mountains of a given area. The ham Jambon de l' Ardèche is rubbed with salt, pepper and spices and salted. During his seven-month maturity stage it is coated with a mixture of lard, spices and chestnut flour.