Strawberry-on-Agout

See also: Strawberry (homonymy)

Strawberry-on-Agout in Occitan Strawberry of Agot , is a common French, located in the department of the Herault and the area Languedoc-Roussillon. Its inhabitants is called Fraissois ( los fraissinhòls ).

The historical and official orthography of the commune is Fraisse, in accordance with the writing of the occitan. One however finds very often the Fraïsse writing which makes it possible to point out the exact pronunciation of the name if one follows the rules of the phonetics of French.

The village obtained 4 flowers with the contest of the cities and flowered villages of France.

Geography

The commune is located on the mountain of Somail; it is sprinkled by the Agout. Its territory is in the Regional natural park of High-Languedoc.

Localities and variations ( masatges in Occitan)

History

Strawberry belonged to the diocese of Saint-Pons-with-Thomières.

The parish is placed under the term of St-Jean-Baptist.

Administration

Demography

Economy

Strawberry still has some farms. The forests are exploited for their wood. The commune became a place of relaxation, and walks for the townsmen. Agout attracts the fishermen with the line.

Places and monuments

  • Menhir of Picarel
  • Prat Alaric , firm glaze by a roof of brooms, according to the traditional method.
  • Lake of the Jump of Vésoles
  • furnace of mazade of Cambaïssy
  • menhir of Cambaïssy
  • rupestral engravings of the Greenhouse of Cambaïssy
  • castle of Sierres (PC of the maquis of the tourette, resistance 39-45)
  • collar of Fontfroide

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of Herault

External bonds

  • Strawberry-on-Agout on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Strawberry-on-Agout on the site of INSEE
  • Strawberry-on-Agout on the site of Quid
  • Satellite photos IGN of Strawberry-on-Agout and surroundings
  • Strawberry-on-Agout in mountain of High Languedoc. Photographs of the village flowered
  • Localization of Strawberry-on-Agout on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Strawberry-on-Agout on Mapquest

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