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Lavaur, Tarn

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Country
  
Department
  
Canton
  
Lavaur

Area
  
62.83 km²

Region
  
Occitanie

Arrondissement
  
Intercommunality
  
Tarn et Agout

Local time
  
Monday 7:31 PM


Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 83% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Lavaur Cathedral, Musée du Pays Vaurais, Domaine d'En Ségur

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Lavaur is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It lies 37 km southeast of Montauban by rail.

Contents

Map of 81500 Lavaur, France

History

Lavaur was taken in 1211 by Simon de Montfort during the wars of the Albigenses, a monument marking the site where Dame Giraude de Laurac (Lady of Lavaur) was killed, being thrown down a well and stoned to death. The town was also taken several times during the religious wars of the 16th century.

Geography

Lavaur stands on the left bank of the Agout, which is here crossed by a railway-bridge and a fine stone bridge of the late 18th century.

Demographics

Population:

1906: town 4069; commune 63881999: commune 85372006: commune 10,369

Sights

From 1317 till the French Revolution Lavaur was the seat of a bishopric; Lavaur Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Alan, was built for this purpose, dating from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, with an octagonal bell-tower. A second, smaller square tower contains a jaquemart (a statue which strikes the hours with a hammer) of the 16th century. In the bishops garden is the statue of Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, one of the companions of Napoleon at Saint Helena.

Economy

The town carries on distilling and flour-milling and the manufacture of brushes, plaster and wooden shoes.

Notable residents

  • Pierre Fabre, founder of Laboratoires Pierre Fabre
  • Miscellaneous

    There is a subprefecture and a tribunal of first instance (a lower Court of Justice).

    References

    Lavaur, Tarn Wikipedia


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