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See also: Portet (homonymy)

the Portet-on-Garonne (occitan: Portèth de Garona ) is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Garonne and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Its inhabitants is called Portésiens.

Blazon

Blazon: Of money to the tower of mouths built of sand and opened azure, notched of two parts, summoned of three crenelated each of three parts and opened money turrets azure.

Geography

Located at the southern exit of Toulouse to the Confluent of the Ariège and the the Garonne, it is also crossed by the " road of Spain " (Trunk road 20) and French Highway A64.

The city is made up of 5 great zones:

  • the downtown area
  • the district of the Récébédou/Clairfont
  • the retail park sheltering largest Hypermarket Pyrenees South and Crossroads of Europe to a surface of 60600m ²
  • the Woodpigeon and neighborhoods of the the Garonne

History

The origin of the name of the Portet-on-Garonne

The village was called Portellum Xe in XVe century. It became Portel at the beginning XVIe century, then Portet at the XVIIe century. It is only in 1921, that the village will take the name of the Portet-on-Garonne . These names come from Latin " portus" who indicates a passage (a ford crossed the Garonne).

Events

  • Depended in 961 on the Counts de Toulouse.
  • Chief town of Baylie, then of Châtellenie.
  • Charter of habits in 1391.
  • Besieged and taken by Matignon in 1595.
  • Attempt at passage of the Garonne by the English in 1814 thwarted by the general Ritay.

Administration

the Baron General adviser

Demography

Places and monuments

Located in an old building of the Concentration camp of the Récébédou , the Musée accommodates a permanent Exposition, reconstitutions, a conference room and an temporary exhibition. It also allows the consultation on the spot certain treating number of works more particularly of the camps of internment. The Museum of the Memory was inaugurated on February 6th 2003 by Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize of Peace and François Peraldi, Maire and General adviser of the Portet-on-Garonne. Place of memory before all the Museum wants to be also educational tools with the service of the children and all those which are thirsty for knowledge. Gate of XIVe, Retable of XVIIe out of polychrome and gilded wood coming from the church of the Clarisse S in Toulouse, Baptismal font of Lead of 17th, gate vault of XVIIIe, Bell of 16th, Missal of XVe enluminé in a Binding of XVIIe (files of the town hall), bell of 1558, 4 Candlestick S of XVIIIe.

Festivities

  • Festival the Mediterranean de Portet a Festival of music with a panorama of artists of various Mediterranean countries: musics popular, original, modern, festive everywhere in the city, but also a greedy village. The festival takes place every year since 2005 about on September 22nd.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

References

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