Sarrant

Sarrant , is a common French, located in the department of the Gers and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Geography

Country house of the Gers out of Gascon ground , with the borders of the Lomagne, known particularly for its medieval Festival of Danse and Musique be.

Common crossing by the Gimone and Sarrampion

Since 1999, Sarrant is classified among the Plus beautiful villages of France.

History

Of circular form, the village is a country house built around its church, placed under the patronage of St Vincent d' Agen. It succeeded a habitat of the Early middle ages, built on an ancient site. Sarrant, located on the Roman way Toulouse-Lectoure, skirting Right Bank of Sarrampion, is reproduced on the charts of the Roman Empire, under the name of Sarrali (table of Peutingër). This ancient origin was confirmed, in 2004, by the discovery of a tomb as a bâtière, glaze of Tegulae, former to the 4th century. The charter of the habits of the city gone back to 1265, with the additional privileges, granted by Philippe IV Beautiful the in 1307, makes of Sarrant a royal Castrum directed by Consul S, no lord cannot exert his power there.

At the 15th century, three castles exist in the jurisdiction. The castle of Savailhan, belongs to the family of Mauléon. Denis de Mauléon is a faithful comrade in arms and friend of Henri de Navarre. The castle of Reychac, now disappeared, rectangular moyenâgeuse room of only one stage, flanked of a round tower dominating two small valleys, belongs to the baron Jean-Jacques de Reychac. The castle of Cédailh, near to the village, is inhabited by Jean de Cédailh, middle-class man and merchant of Beaumont-of-Lomagne.

At the 16th century, Sarrant is a prosperous parish almost cash 2 000 hearts, of which approximately 400 live in the enclosure. The city developed mainly around the culture of corn, the vine and the breeding of the ewes. The craft industry is dominated by the trades of the weaving of wool and the flax. During the wars of religion, the community undergoes attacks and plunderings. In 1590, Sarrant is occupied, its damaged tower. The city is released against an important ransom, paid by pawning the silverware of the church, which avoided its destruction.

Remarkable fact, probably single in Gascogne, an important brotherhood of musicians, of which much is blind, developed during XVIe century. Between 1580 and 1640, more than one hundred of musicians, violins, hurdy-gurdies, tambourines with cords and flutes, were listed. The Masters violins of Sarrant train apprentices come from all the country, Béarn, Basque Country, as well as Roussillon, then Spanish.

The 17th century is marked by terrible the epidemic of bubonic plague of 1628 - 1631 which will make a hundred dead in the parish. For the period of the Revolution, the community is victim of armed robberies and fires of the gerbiers, of the armed patrols are installation.

In 1813, the Pont-levis is replaced by a stone bridge. Later, a broad breach will be made in the western wall to give passage to the road. Between 1853 and 1863, in a preoccupation of cleansing and a modernization of the city, the ditches are filled and of the plane trees are planted on their site.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Gers

External bonds

the official site of Sarrant
the Community of Communes of the Country houses of the Valley of Arrats
Sarrant on the site GoogleMap
Sarrant on the site of the national geographical Institute
Sarrant on the site of INSEE
Sarrant on the site of Quid
Localization of Sarrant on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Sarrant on Mapquest

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