Castanet-le-Haut

Geography

Commune of Herault, frontier with the departments of the Tarn and the Aveyron, Castanet-le-Haut is located in the valley of the Mare which takes its source in its territory, in Prat de Cèbe, and which will be thrown in the Orb with Hérépian, after having crossed all the canton. One finds there the solid mass of the Espinouse.

The D922 road going up of Saint-Gervais-on-Pond crosses the collar of the Cross of Mounis (810 m), then gives access is in Aveyron by the D53 road which borrows the collar of Coustel (883 m), that is to say in the Tarn after having crossed the Dourdou by the Bridge of Crushes.

The commune is in the territory of the Regional natural park of High-Languedoc.

Common neighbors

In Herault:

Saint-Genius-with-Varensal
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Cambon-and-Salvergues

In the Tarn:

Murat-on-Vèbre

In Aveyron:

Mélagues

History

Inhabited at least since the Gallo-Roman time of the traces of a Roman camp located at Plos of the Daughters-in-law can let think that families could live under the slopes of Espinouse as of the time Gallo-Roman E

Common guard of many traces of the activity of the men: old mines of Anthracite, Chestnut grove S in terraces now abandoned. Deserted at the time of the Rural migration, it saw today only country holidays and of a little Agriculture.

Castanet-le-Haut belonged to the Diocèse of Castres. To the Revolution, it was initially attached to the Tarn, then in the An X, it was decided its membership of Herault with all the valley of the Pond. The current territory of Castanet-le-Haut is made of that of the initial commune of Castanet-le-Haut and part of common disappeared from Saint-Gervais-Ground-Open. The change intervened in 1827.

Economy

The traditional saving in Castanet-le-Haut was the agriculture of which the breeding Ovin: the Milk, directed towards the cellars of Roquefort, was used to make celebrates it Fromage. The territory of the plate was divided between various primarily exploited farms into share-cropping. Surfaces inclined of the territory was devoted to the culture of the chestnuts. The Châtaigne S were dried and transformed in driers let us châtaignons some for a better conservation. The wood of the chestnut was exploited by the Tonnelier S and manufacturing them of circles of Barrique S (cercliers). The coppices of chestnuts are used to manufacture tutors sought by the Vigneron S of the plains of the Languedoc. In XIX^e and XX^e centuries, the activity of the mines of coal (anthracite) developed and occupied most of the population; it brought a mainly Spanish Immigration. This coal was exported by a line of Railroad newcomer with Plaisance (Saint-Genius-with-Varensal).

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Vault Saint-Eutrope
Church Saint-Mercies of Mounis

Church Notre-Dame de Castanet

the Mill of Nougayrol
Cross of Mounis
the Cliff S of Olques

Localities and variations ( massages )

Personalities related to the commune

Charles Allies (1903-1988) politician, senator

See too

Common of Herault
Rodet

External bonds

Castanet-le-Haut on the site of the national geographical Institute
Castanet-le-Haut on the site of INSEE
Castanet-le-Haut on the site of Quid
Localization of Castanet-le-Haut on a chart of France and communes bordering
Localization on Castanet-le-Haut on a chart of Herault
Localization of Castanet-le-Haut on a road map Plane Michelin
of Castanet-le-Haut on Mapquest
genealogy of Castanet-le-Haut
the Community of the Communes of the Mountain of High Languedoc

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