Castelmayran
Commune
The town hall of Castelmayran
The town hall of Castelmayran
Location of Castelmayran
Castelmayran is located in France
Castelmayran
Castelmayran
Castelmayran is located in Occitanie
Castelmayran
Castelmayran
Coordinates: 44°01′47″N 1°02′23″E / 44.0297°N 1.0397°E / 44.0297; 1.0397
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn-et-Garonne
ArrondissementCastelsarrasin
CantonGaronne-Lomagne-Brulhois
IntercommunalityTerres des Confluences
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Thierry Jamain[1]
Area
1
15.96 km2 (6.16 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
1,201
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
82031 /82210
Elevation65–140 m (213–459 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castelmayran (French pronunciation: [kastɛlmɛʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Castèlmairan) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.[3]

History

Lordship of Castelmayran

In the 12th century, the lordship belonged to a branch of the family of Argombat which founded the Cistercian abbey of Belleperche. And by 1143 the final transfer of the abbey was discussed at a meeting held in Castelmayran.[4]

Castelmayran had several co-seigneurs over time[n 1], among whose Nicolas de Gourgues, the last one before the French Revolution.[4]

Lectoure and Lomagne

Before 1789, Castelmayran was a city of Gascony, in the diocese of Lectoure, and election of Lomagne.[5][6]

Administration

The mayor of Castelmayran is Thierry Jamain, re-elected in 2020.[1]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ coseigneur: a seigneur who held the lordship in common with another.

References

  1. 1 2 "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE (Jan 1, 2019). "Commune de Castelmayran (82031)" [Municipality of Castelmayran (82031)] (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (France). Retrieved Sep 25, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Astoul, Guy (2008). Tarn-et-Garonne: l'album du bicentenaire [Tarn-et-Garonne: the bicentennial album] (in French). Toulouse: Privat editions. p. 142. ISBN 9782708917477.
  5. ↑ Magnan, Dominique (1765). Desaint, Jean-Charles (ed.). Dictionnaire géographique portatif de la France [Portable geographical dictionary of France] (in French). Vol. I. Paris. p. 441.
  6. ↑ Bladé, Jean-François (1867). Foix, Félix (ed.). Revue de Gascogne [Journal of Gascony] (in French). Vol. VIII. Auch. pp. 277–278. Élection de Lomagne{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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