Kitty

Etymology of the toponym

Contrary to a popular etymology conveyed by a legend (and by the majority of the quoted sources supra in external bonds…), the name of this commune is not derived from the occitan canhot (puppy). In her toponymic Dictionary of the communes of the Moors and Bas-Adour , Bénédicte Boyrié-Fénié explains that it is acted in fact of a derivation of caned , Latin term of approximate Géologie, which means raising or ridges. In fact, the Abbaye was built with the foot of the hillock which accommodates, nowadays, the borough.

Geography

Commune located in the Country of Orthe

The center of the village moved towards the current borough at the time of the equipment of the abbey, with the XIIe century. Previously, the principal village was with three kilometers more in north, in the Hameau of Cazordite.

History

The common one accommodated, as of the end of the IXe century, an abbey Bénédictine, which shaven during invasions then was raised by Raymond Sanche, Vicomte of Orthe, in 1122.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Abbey of Kitty: Abbey church XIIe-XVe, with very few vestiges: burial S of Viscounts of Orthe, well-steeping vats. Old man laundrette.
the commune is one of very rare department not to have a pediment.

Personalities related to the commune

Alain Dutournier, restorer of the Square of Breaking into leaf (Paris), and whose brother, Jean, were mayor of the commune of 1977 with 1995.

See too

Common of the Moors

External bonds

Kitty on the site of the national geographical Institute

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