Saint-Paul-of-Jarrat

Geography

The commune is divided into five principal entities:

Saint-Paul de Jarrat (borough, seat of the town hall of the commune of the same name)

and its hamlets:

Antras,
Labat,
Langlade
Holy Paulet

More some smallholdings or old hamlets…

NB: The district says " nowadays; Saint-Antoine" forever be historically speaking hamlet about the commune of Saint-Paul (see explanation to www.histariege.com)

To 8 km of Foix, the commune of Saint Paul de Jarrat is located on the circumference of the Massif of Tabe.

History

August 1st

Administration

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Demography

(Sources: www.histariege.com)

In 1390, an enumeration of the County of Foix gives a report on 460 inhabitants on the commune of Saint Paul de Jarrat.

Economy

Principal industry is turned towards wood: sawmill and joineries Agriculture, formerly motive fluid of the economy, is about to disappear with the profit from town planning and the establishment from the moors… Although village-dormitory, the commune comprises artisanal activities and services. Activities with departmental vocation are established there: DDE, Services of water (SMDEA) or the Consular Training institute Ariège the Pyrenees (IFCAP) managed by the Chamber of commerce and of industry of Ariège.

Places and monuments

(Primary sources: www.histariege.com)

Laundrette (1921) carried out by the architect Emile Sauret (who in other carried out the fountain-laundrettes of Pujols of Country house-with-Lordat and Saint-Tinder)
Croix of wrought iron passion, place of the Cock (1781: created by the forging mill of Saint-Paul and the ironmaster Bauzil, father of Hyppolyte which would have said to Napoleon: " Ariège produces iron and soldats"
Terminal Languedocien (XVIeme century) which marks the separation of the Province of Languedoc of the County of Foix (in limit of the communes of Those and Saint-Paul de Jarrat, not far from the smallholding of Bordeneuve)
Eglise Saint-Germier (XVIeme century then altered), stalls of XVIIe coming from the Saint-Sernin abbey of Toulouse; remarkable fresco-monument with deaths
Castle of Labat (ruined during the wars of religion, rebuilt at the beginning of the XVIIeme century and remaniè beginning XXe)
Second feudal Castle (XVIeme century and XIIeme turn)
Channel of the forging mill to the Catalan woman, taken on Scios (or Sios)
Vestiges of the Trip hammer close to Langlade (old nail factory and trip hammer)

Personalities related to the commune

(Sources: www.histariege.com)

Hippolyte-Thomas Bauzil (May 26th, 1778 - September 8th, 1833): officer of Napoleon author of the sentence: " Ariège produces iron and soldiers "
Léo Lamarque (August 30th, 1808 - July 29th, 1849): polytechnician
Henri Derramond (August 10th, 1823 - November 24th, 1880): poet, lawyer and mayor of Foix. He wrote under the name of Jules Talery “lost Voices” and “the Mischievousnesses”
Koska Lamarque: soldier

See too

Common of Ariège

External bonds

Saint-Paul-of-Jarrat on the site of the national geographical Institute
Saint-Paul-of-Jarrat on the site of INSEE
Saint-Paul-of-Jarrat on the site of Quid
Localization of Saint-Paul-of-Jarrat on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Saint-Paul-of-Jarrat on Mapquest
history of Saint Paul de Jarrat on histariege

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