Martens-Tolosane

Martens-Tolosane is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Garonne and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Its inhabitants is called Martrais.

Blazon

Blazon: Quartered: with the first of mouths to the money serrated roller, with the second and the third of azure to goose of money, beakful and membrée of gold, with the fourth of mouths to the money fasce.

Geography

Country house located at the doors of the Comminges on the the Garonne, the Channel of Saint-Martory and the Trunk road 117 or the has 64 (left: ), to 60 km in the south of Toulouse.

History

At the time Gallo-Roman, immense and sumptuous villa rises in the south of the current city " Chiragan" it is about a villa of largest of all the Roman Empire located on the commune of Matres-Tolosane. The Fouille S practiced on this site delivered completely exceptional parts which make the pride of the Musée Saint-Raymond of Toulouse.

Old Necropolis paléochrétienne. The name Martres comes from martyretum . These toponyms, in the majority of the cases, indicated ancient or cruel cemeteries.
Lieu of Bataille against the Sarrazins still reconstituted nowadays with the Holy Trinity commonly called battles of Saint Vidian. According to the legend, it would have launched its sword whereas it succumbed, this one, while being planted having made spout out water thus créeant the source bearing its name.

Old way towards Saint-Jacob de Compostelle via Saint-Bertrand-with-Comminges

Administration

Demography

Economy

There are 9 Faïencerie S of arts on the commune in 2007
Ciment ery of the group Lafarge SA
Barrage Hydroélectrique on the the Garonne

Place of interest

Gothic Church of Saint Vidian
to see many Sarcophagus S in Marble
Festival of the trinity reconstituting the Battle against the Sarrazins
Lake of Saint-Vidian
Fountain of Saint Vidian
Faience manufacture of Martens-Tolosane Faience manufacture S (18th first traces of the Earthenware to Martens-Tolosane).
of the beginning of the XIII

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Haute-Garonne
International festival of music of Comminges

External bonds

Martens in toponymy
Town hall
Martens-Tolosane on the site of the national geographical Institute
Martens-Tolosane on the site of INSEE
Martens-Tolosane on the site of Quid
Localization of Martens-Tolosane on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Martens-Tolosane on Mapquest
Site of the nursery school of Martens-Tolosane

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