Murat-on-Vèbre

Murat-on-Vèbre in Occitan Murat , is a common French, located in the department of the Tarn and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Its inhabitants is called Muratais. (in Occitan: Muratòls).

Geography

Commune located on the Vèbre at the point is department of the Tarn, Murat-on-Vèbre is close to the departments of the Herault and the Aveyron.

The village is built on the Monts of Lacaune.

Villages bordering

The villages bordering are

in Herault: Castanet-le-Haut, Cambon-and-Salvergues, Strawberry-on-Agout;
in the Tarn: Strokes, Lacaune, Bar;
in Aveyron: Can-and-Couffouleux, Arnac-on-Dourdou, Mélagues.

Climate

Murat-on-Vèbre is in extreme cases of the oceanic and Mediterranean influences. Moreover its altitude influences the temperatures and precipitations. The Climat is cold and wet the winter. The summer is hot, sometimes dry, when the influence the Mediterranean is not dominating.

Rivers

Murat is sprinkled by the following rivers:

the Vèbre which is thrown in the Agout,
the Dourdou, which is thrown in the Tarn and whose higher course is used as limit between the commune and Castanet-le-Haut.

History

Before the Revolution, the community of inhabitants bore the name of Boissezon de Matviel, in the Sénéchaussée of Castres. It formed four Paroisse S: Saint-Etienne de Murat, Saint-Pierre de Canac, Saint-Pierre-and-Saint-Paul of Bessière, Notre-Dame de Boissezon, depend on the Diocèse on Castrate.

1790: municipality of Murat, chief town of canton

Year X: commune of Murat, chief town of canton (including/understanding the communes of Hut-and-Bars and Murat), district of Castrate

The parish of Notre-Dame de Boissezon, removed in year X, is restored on December 3rd 1826.

1876: ask certain inhabitants of Bessière tending so that the parish of Bessière is set up in distinct commune.

1891: the commune takes the name of Murat-on-Vèbre by decree of July 17th.

1969: by Decree of September 10th, the commune of Strokes passes from the canton of Lacaune to that of Murat-on-Vèbre.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church Saint-Etienne
Church Notre-Dame de Boissezon
Saint-Pierre Church of Bessière
Church Saint-Pierre de Canac
Castle of Boissezon (remains a turn)
Château of Canac
Statue-menhir (Pailhemalbiau, Moulin of Louat)
Water mill of Narulle

Hamlets

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Tarn
Inscribed menhir

External bonds

Murat-on-Vèbre on the site of the national geographical Institute
Murat-on-Vèbre on the site of INSEE
Murat-on-Vèbre in Quid
Localization of Murat-on-Vèbre on a chart of France
Localization of Murat-on-Vèbre on a chart of the Tarn
Localization of Murat-on-Vèbre on a road map Michelin
genealogy of Murat-on-Vèbre
Study and protection of the Inheritance
site of the tourist office of murat on vèbre
Association of safeguard of the castle of Canac

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