Nant

Nant is a common Frenchwoman, located in the Département of Aveyron and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Its inhabitants are the Nantais .

Geography

Located in the canyon of the Dourbie, with the confluence of this one and of the Durzon, with the foot of the Nantes Rock , a few kilometres from Saint-Jean-of-Bruel the and of the city templière of Couvertoirade.

Many hamlets depend on this commune which presents one of the largest communal surfaces of France.

History

Nant was created by monks who, at the 10th century, drained the site Marécage ux with the confluence of the Dourbie and of the Durzon. They created a canal system in the place of the Marécage and melted a Monastère in 926. In 1135, the monastery is set up in Abbaye. The village was marked by the Guerre One hundred Year old and by the wars of religion, during which the monastic Cloitre and buildings were destroyed. Then the village knew a great prosperity in second half of the 17th century. A college, directed by the Priests of the Christian doctrines, had been created in 1665. The markets and the fairs of Nant, which were held under the markets, were flourishing. In 1777, the abbey is removed by royal decree.

Administration

It is a chief town of canton of the Département of Aveyron.

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Hamlet of Cantobre on a rock headland.
  • Abbey Saint-Pierre-of-Nant (classified historic building since 1862)
  • Church Saint-Pierre-at-Nant 11th century when is stained glasses by Jean Hugo
  • Chapelle of Penitent of the 17th century
  • Château of Beauvoisin of the 13th century
  • Halle of the 14th century, historic building
  • Pont of Prade of the 14th century on the Dourbie, historic building
  • Église Holy-Marie-of-Cuns partly Romance, historic building
  • Ancienne Saint-Jacob church, southernmost Gothic 14th.
  • Old Romance vault of Saint-Martin-with-Vican, historic building

Economy

Several channels traverse and irrigate the city which has many equipment intended for family tourism (excursion, horsemanship, VTT, discovered natural, Pêche with the fly…).

See too

  • Throats of Dourbie
  • Regional natural park of the Large Causses

External bonds

  • the site of the tourist bureau

  • the official site of the commune
  • a site in connection with Nant

Photograph gallery

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