Castelmayran

Commune in Occitania, France

Location of Castelmayran

(2020–2026) Thierry Jamain^[1]Area

15.96 km² (6.16 sq mi)Population

(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

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ 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)