Labastide-Saint-Pierre

Labastide-Saint-Pierre is a common French, located in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Geography

History

The history of Labastide-Saint-Pierre starts to be specified at the time where the Roman Emperors controlled the Gaulle. The Romans were the first farmers, they established alliances with the Gallic ones and created large the Route which goes from Montauban to Toulouse.

With the wire of the centuries, our region had to face the invasion and with the plundering of the Visigoths, of the Francs, then Arab and Berbères.

During the Xe century, the inhabitants started to build villages around the strong castles.

Towards the end of the IXe century, under the protection of the Monastery of St Théodard, Pierre d' Alba establishes a kind of colony under the term of St Pierre, delimited by the Tarn, Rougette, Margasse and Rieutord.

To 12 km in the south of Montauban, on left bank of the Tarn, the borough of Labastide was built, was called city by its founder Alphonse of Poitiers, in 1272. About the middle of the XIe century, the Château was built with the bottom of the borough (in the place of current the Chartreuse). It owed its importance with the incomes which the toll of the Tarn got to him.

In 1317, the King de France gave the major part of Labastide to Pierre de Galard, large main of the principal rafters of France. From this time, there was with the castle a more or less many company soldiers recruited in St Pierre

Pierre de Galard sold his seigneuriaux rights and with the passing of years the Seigneur S followed one another.

In 1504, the Marquis of Puylaroque only remained profit Seigneurie of Labastide.

During the wars of religion, the castle of Labastide continued to grow rich with the rights required to the merchants who took the Tarn and the road of Montauban from Toulouse.

In 1592, St Pierre was plundered and delivered to the flames by the Protestants of Montauban, then the lord of Labastide invited the survivors of St Pierre to rebuild their houses in the rectangles in waste land of Labastide and this village, become Labastide St Pierre, acquired a real importance.

In 1621, they supported the seat of Montalbanais and for that were thanked by Louis XIII in person.

In 1622, the castle was plundered, then put at bag and was set fire to in 1628. The rebuilt castle did not have any more the same power. It became a gross but simple middle-class house. The borough was only raised very painfully.

The castle of Clau forever be a Feudal castle , even less one fortress. It especially was the beautiful residence of the Lords of Corbarieu, barons de Terride. It was taken by the Protestants of Montauban in 1622 and was occupied until in 1625.

Constrained to leave, the duke of Rohan, chief of the Calvinistes, ordered that one demolishes the church St Lizier, contiguous to the castle.

The Catholiques seized Clau again and reconstruirent the Prieuré of St Lizier in 1648.

Under the new mode, in 1789, the Lescure citizen proposed in the capacity as first Consul to name a middle-class guard in order to maintain peace public. Bastidiens paid a secretary. As the laws arrived at the municipality, they were to be regularly registered on the registers.

Labastide was included/understood in the canton of Grisolles, Arrondissement of Castelsarrasin, department of the Haute-Garonne. It was called Labastide Fronton then Labastide on Tarn. She saw her importance growing each day.

During the Revolution, in 1792, the goods of the marquis de Puylaroque were confiscated. Until 1850 approximately, the castle passed from sale on sale to various realtors.

In 1850, the castle was sold with the |order of Chartreusines of St Bruno. Its interior design was modified, the big rooms were divided into cells.

1903 marked the separation of the Church and the State, Chartreuses left to settle in Italy but kept possession of the castle, bought by a sister under her civil name.

Of 1914 with 1918, the received castle of the people residing in France but originating in countries combined at the Germany, “internees”.

The castle remained empty until in 1941, where the French Army took possession of it, then the German Armée in 1944.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Tarn-et-Garonne

External bonds

Labastide-Saint-Pierre on the site of the national geographical Institute
Labastide-Saint-Pierre on the site of INSEE
Labastide-Saint-Pierre on the site of Quid
Localization of Labastide-Saint-Pierre on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Labastide-Saint-Pierre on Mapquest

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