Country France Department Tarn Intercommunality Réalmontais Area 38.79 km² Arrondissement Albi | Region Occitanie Canton Réalmont Population (2006) 1,003 Local time Sunday 10:17 AM | |
Weather 12°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 89% Humidity |
Lombers is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
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Map of 81120 Lombers, France
History
Lombers was the significant centre of Catharism in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It was the location of a Catholic-Cathar debate, perhaps in the 1180s, between Guillaume Peyre de Brens, Catholic bishop of Albi, and Sicard le Cellerier, Cathar bishop of Albi; Sicard lived at Lombers.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the river Assou.
References
Lombers Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA