Chanac

Chanac is a common French, located in the department of the Lozere and the area Languedoc-Roussillon. Its inhabitants is called Chanacois.

Geography

It is located in the linguistic surface of the Languedocien occitan. The principal borough is located on a rocky outcrop which dominates the valley of Olt. It is located at an altitude of 650 Mr. the principal river is the Batch (Olt). Part of the commune is located on the Causse of Sauveterre (Sauvatèrra) at an altitude close to 1 000 Mr.

History

Administration

Demography

Heraldic

The Blasonnement of Chanac is: quartered: with the first and the fourth of mouths with three gold pinks, with the second and the third fascés of gold and azure of six parts; on the money whole to the sand eagle.

The eagle quartered in its center (on white zone or money ) is in the beginning the blazon of the ground of Peyre of which Chanac formed part.

Tourist monuments and places

The keep vestige of the built fortress.
2 assumptions for its construction:

either a first fortress built in 1194 by Béranger IV, king d' Aragon,

or a castle built by the bishop Guillaume IV of Peyre in 1220.

In synthesis, it is probable that the construction of the fortress was started between 1194 and 1213 for king d' Aragon then continued for the bishop of Mende owner of the place as from 1213. Bitterly disputed during the wars of religion, the fortress will become property and residence of summer of the bishops of Mende what will lead to an installation in " castle of plaisance".
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