Saux

Saux (pronounced "Sox") is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Porte-du-Quercy.[2][3]

Saux
Part of Porte-du-Quercy
The Chateau of Saux
Location of Saux
Saux
Saux
Coordinates: 44°23′27″N 1°05′10″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementCahors
CantonPuy-l'Évêque
CommunePorte-du-Quercy
Area
1
8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
96
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
46800
Elevation173–275 m (568–902 ft)
(avg. 242 m or 794 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The army of Simon de Montfort ravaged the village and demolished two castles there.[4]

Administration

Before 1789, there were two parishes in that village, the one at Saux known by the name of St. Andrew, the other at Tourniac by the name of St. Hilaire.[4] Curiously, both were a detached possession of the castellany of Lauzerte,[5] despite being part of the Diocese of Cahors.[4]

At that time, the village was known as Saux-de-Tourniac.[6][7]

Tourniac

Tourniac, former commune in Lot, today part of Saux.

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Quet, Didier (January 11, 2019). "Derniers vœux de Saint-Matré, commune fondatrice de Porte-du-Quercy" [Last wishes of Saint-Matré, founding commune of Porte-du-Quercy]. actu.fr. La Vie Quercynoise. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
  4. Combarieu, Louis (1881). Dictionnaire des communes du Lot [Dictionary of communes of Lot] (in French). Cahors: A. Laytou. p. 211.
  5. Lartigaut, Jean (July–September 1997). Le repeuplement de Ferrières au XVe siècle. Le repaire, le village et l‘église. Naissance d‘une coseignerie directe dasn un cadre paroissial [The repopulation of Ferrières in the 15th century. The den, the village and the church. Birth of a direct coseignerie in a parish setting] (in French). 118. Cahors: Bulletin de la Société des études littéraires, scientifiques et artistiques du Lot. p. 78.
  6. Magnan, Dominique (1765). Desaint, Jean-Charles (ed.). Dictionnaire géographique portatif de la France [Portable geographical dictionary of France] (in French). 4. Paris. p. 44. Saux-de-Tourniac
  7. Saugrain, Claude-Marin (1726). Saugrain; Prault, Pierre (eds.). Dictionnaire universel de la France ancienne et moderne [Universal dictionary of ancient and modern France] (in French). 3. Paris. p. 76. Saux-de-Tourniac



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