Saint-Mercy-of-Côts

Saint-Mercy-of-Côts the is a common French, located in the department of the Aveyron and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Its inhabitants is called the viadénois.

Geography

Commune located on the Selves

Selves, long, 44 km takes its source in Aveyron on the western reverse plate of Aubrac to 1330 meters of altitude, tributary of Truyère (left bank) in the lake of the dam Couesque. The storage dam of Maury, with the confluence of Selves and Selvet, feeds the factory of Lardit, on Truyère. Power station EDF, of the " type; lac" , a reserve of a service output of 35,12 million cubic meters has. The working installed capacity is of 45080 KW and the productibility annual average of 107 million kilowatt-hours

The tenth Roman way

According to the linguists, the word " Viadène" is composed of the " root; via" meaning road and suffix " dene" resulting in tenth. It is similarly about a Roman way with empierrées roads and bridges " romains" become way of St Jacques de Compostelle - connecting Puy in Velay to Galicia - with cross and bridges " romieu" (pilgrim in occitan). We find the traces of a Roman way on the side of Bez-Bédène and Campouriez.

History

Formerly called Saint-Mercy-of-Cops. The village was entirely destroyed in 1625. Castle of Batut 18th. Ruins of the castle of Thénières

Church of Saint-Mercies 15th/16th out of granite: carry Romance, bell-tower-comb with 5 bells 17th and 18th; retable 1626, inscription 1507, furniture coming from the church disappeared from Cassou (of which a statue of Mamert saint 18th); underground-refuge; oratory at the exit of the borough. Romance church of Saint-Juéry: Gothic nave; weapons of Estaing to the lintel of the presbytery. Church of Toulouch which depended on the abbey of Chair-God; underground-refuge. Oratory of Molèdes

Administration

Demography

Places, monuments, agriculture and gastronomy

Sites

On the buttresses of Aubrac, at the edge of the Throats of Truyère and the Valley of the Batch, the canton of St Mercies of Côts offers a landscape with the multiple faces to you.

The plate of Viadène culminates between 700 and 900 meters and offers vast pastures where the bovine breeding prevails. In a few kilometers the landscape changes to give an increasingly picturesque overall picture, the altitude passing quickly from 600 to 200 meters. The " thus was joined; Country of Côtes" known as " Coustoubi" country; , where grow chestnuts, vines and fruit trees.

The tenth Roman way

Our churches and their bell-tower-comb

An architectural influence which we owe to the Benedictines. These monks who before going to St Jacques de Compostelle emphasized our grounds, developed our agriculture and diffused thanks to the companions the style of the cistercians abbeys with the image of Cîteaux or Cluny.

Our natural sites

Several natural sites give an additional attraction to our area. From many points of view offer an exceptional panorama to the walkers, such as Puy de Montabès (old oppidum), the castle of Thénières of the 12th century, the Peak of the Manor house with Montézic… Not far from there, the peninsula of Bez-Bédène takes shape, a village built on a rocky outcrop, which kept its at the same time wild and picturesque aspect. Let us not forget in edge of the Throats of Truyère, the site of the Jump of the Dog, a granite and water cascade, a single canyon in Aveyron.

Our lakes and rivers

The traditional economy is translated since unmemorable times by the use of water. Fullers, sawmills, forging mills and mills functioned thanks to its energy. Today the installation of our rivers makes it possible to produce electricity, while being integrated into the landscape and by supporting the tourist development, with the creation of many lakes and water levels. This successful marriage thus allowed the creation of three nautical bases which enable you to make a large variety of activities going from more resting with most sporting. The fishing, which formerly appeared necessary to the inhabitants of the area, has today very an other destination, that of the leisure and relaxation…

Agriculture

The plate of Viadène offers vast pastures where the bovine breeding prevails. It counts among its more beautiful assets, a race, " the Aubrac" race; , of the nursing cows recognized for their rusticity, facility of vêlage and aptitudes maternal. Qualities of the race and organizations of the men (associations, grouping, Herd-book…) with the key, the selection of the animals make breeding the first economic activity of the plate. In a few kilometers, Viadène is declined in slopes to the Batch, it is the " country of Coustoubis" : slopes on which grow vines and fruit trees, chestnuts and produced mâraichers. Overhanging the river, the vineyard although modest - hardly a few 9,5 hectares of vines - a good wine of country gives. A delicious nectar about which the type of vines speak the language about Oc, they are called Mansois and Négret de Banhars.

Our traditions

SKITTLES OF EIGHT

For a long time and until the beginning of the century, Aveyronnais played skittles, roughly speaking, like their neighbors, by cutting down them using a ball, at variable distances fixed by the players. The principle was simple and the Massif Central plain. But the trouble, says one, was born one day from the uniformity: an innovative spirit, undoubtedly wearied per such an amount of conformism, spiced the exercise by taking in the square with 9 skittles a skittle known as " joueuse" , which, struck of flown with the ball, was to kill its colleagues. The skittles of eight had been born, and all that the world counts of Aveyronnais gave up gradually with the novel mode. Started from Espalion, it was spread simultaneously in the department and in Paris where it undoubtedly contributed to reinforce the identity rouergate. It is besides to the members of the sporting section of the " Solidarity Aveyronnaise de Paris" that we must base current payment, written on June 6th, 1912. During several decades, fraternal competition between Rouergats remained with the country and " Parisiens" remained the vector of the development of the Skittles of eight in time and space. After having acquired their row among the official sports while entering to the French federation of the Sports of Skittles in 1957, they became impossible to circumvent today, at the same time identity and sporting phenomenon.

Then, so during your stay, with the turning of a way or the angle of a street, you hear tinkling characteristic of the skittles and balls which are entrechoquent, let you guide and come to taste our tradition in all its modernity.

In July and August, every Friday, at 9 p.m., St Mercies of Côts, Campouriez, Florentin or Huparlac (ask the place the Tourist office) come to discover this play. The players will explain you the rules of the game and will make you take part… but attention in your fingers!

Gastronomy

Local products which one finds in stores or on the stalls the market days (Thursday). Weekly markets which make honor with our products and fleurent the soil good. Our rustic origins results a rich and varied gastronomy. You will taste in this ground rouergate some specialities such as pork-butchery, tripoux, cabbages stuffed, farçous, aligot, truffade, cheeses of country, fouace…

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Aveyron

External bonds

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

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