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"Few cities have a history as rich as cahors.
The roughness with which the princes of all times disputed its possession in said long: of the Roman Jules César or Théodebert frank with king de Navarre Henri IV while passing by the English claims of Richard Lion Heart, later of Prince Noir... With the centre even of the city the conflict lasts for ever between bishops, consuls then seneshals to assume the capacity.
And yet, at the time Gallo-Roman, cahors will be a strong commercial place of the Empire. At the medieval time, it will be a strong money market of Christendom. With the Rebirth, it will be an artisanal and industrial place strong of France.
history:
Capital of Cadurques, born close to the crowned fountain, Divona. cahors, located in a boxed meander of the Batch, was equipped with a bridge starting from Auguste and became a center very active, decorated many monuments and occupying the major part of the peninsula. This one was barred in north by a line of fortifications. But the city was taken by the Vandals, then put at bag by Théodebert into 574. The holy bishop Didier, named towards 636, heir to an already long tradition (episcopal city, undoubtedly as of IIIe S.), raised it of his ruins and made there build many religious buildings. He enclosed it in the part is meander by a North-South rampart followed by the current boulevards. A monetary workshop was installed. But the city, taken by Buckwheats then by Pip the Brief, sudden of new destruction in VIIIe century ; in the same way, later, it was to suffer from the Franco-English war, then wars of religion. The bishop keeps his importance however and is made recognize, in 1090, by the count of Toulouse, lord of the city, with the right of coinage. Its contentions with the consuls in XIIIe century encouraged it to conclude in 1307 a paréage with the king from France which will eliminate it little by little. The conquest of municipal freedoms in XIIIe century corresponds to one period of intense commercial activity (road traffic and river : export of wine, cloth and iron, importation of wool English, frequentation of the Champagne fairs) and financial. Many bankers lombards come following the legates pontifical and protected by the bishop practise the exchange and wear there ; they are imitated by the local bankers, from where the name of cahorsins, synonymous usurers with the Middle Ages. This prosperity attracted the monastic orders and caused, in XIVe century, the construction of the Valentré bridge. The pope Jean XXII supported his birthplace and founded there in particular a university (1331-1751). Catholic stronghold in XVIe century, it was taken by storm in 1580 per Henri de Navarre, who removed the privileges which its wines enjoyed, thus marking the beginning of the decline of his traditional functions. Prefecture of the department of the Batch, cahors has administrative offices (70 p. 100 of the working population in the tertiary sector) and the essence of its activity is tourist.
cahors remains today one of the average cities most dynamic of France. "
January 1, 1997, the elected officials of large cahors, in agreement with their town councils, decided to create the Community of Communes of the Country of cahors.
Today, the Country of cahors counts eleven communes: Arcambal, cahors, Hope, Fontanes, Mercues, Labastide-Marnhac, Lamagdelaine, Laroque-of-Arcs, Montat, Pradines, Trespoux-Rassiels.
Identities. The Community of Communes of the Country of cahors currently counts nearly 30 000 inhabitants. Nearly 2000 industrial companies, commercial, services, are established on the Community territory, rich human resources with a future.
Synergies. Rather than to exempt their energy each one on their side, the elected officials of these communes chose to take the route of the joint action.
The Country of cahors contributes thus to a broad objective: to control the public expenditure, i.e. to better spend without spending more.
Competences. The elected officials prepared a "Charter of Country". Principal competences which they assigned with the Country of cahors are: the installation of space, the development, the promotion of tourism, the creation of Community equipment.
Applications. The Country of cahors currently manages the School of Music and the Archipelago (same tariffs for all), Floral Space and Environment (30 000 plants in spring to flower our communes), the Inter-commune Media library and the Exhibition site.
Projects. The Country of cahors has an exceptional inheritance.
Except town of cahors, more than one hundred of historical buildings were identified and located (in particular of the small inheritance). The Country of cahors has the ambition to revalorize this inheritance through actions of indication, communication and restoration.
[... ON THE COUNTRY OF cahors
January 1, 1997, the elected officials of large cahors, in agreement with their town councils, decided to create the Community of Communes of the Country of cahors.
Today, the Country of cahors counts eleven communes: Arcambal, cahors, Hope, Fontanes, Mercues, Labastide-Marnhac, Lamagdelaine, Laroque-of-Arcs, Montat, Pradines, Trespoux-Rassiels.
Identities. The Community of Communes of the Country of cahors currently counts nearly 30 000 inhabitants. Nearly 2000 industrial companies, commercial, services, are established on the Community territory, rich human resources with a future.
Synergies. Rather than to exempt their energy each one on their side, the elected officials of these communes chose to take the route of the joint action.
The Country of cahors contributes thus to a broad objective: to control the public expenditure, i.e. to better spend without spending more.
Competences. The elected officials prepared a "Charter of Country". Principal competences which they assigned with the Country of cahors are: the installation of space, the development, the promotion of tourism, the creation of Community equipment.
Applications. The Country of cahors currently manages the School of Music and the Archipelago (same tariffs for all), Floral Space and Environment (30 000 plants in spring to flower our communes), the Inter-commune Media library and the Exhibition site.
Projects. The Country of cahors has an exceptional inheritance.
Except town of cahors, more than one hundred of historical buildings were identified and located (in particular of the small inheritance). The Country of cahors has the ambition to revalorize this inheritance through actions of indication, communication and restoration.
quercy
Old French province forming part of high Guyenne, quercy formed the department of the Batch (cahors chief town) and a great part of that of the Tarn-and-Garonne (Montauban chief town). Territory of Cadurci, which resisted César with Uxellodunum, it was set up in county at the end of VIIIe century, but was included as of 849 in that of Toulouse. The number and the turbulence of the feudal lords, cut off in their keeps, were to prevent the counts of Toulouse from fully exerting their rights suzerains. It is starting from Moissac that will radiate in all the province a Languedocien Romance style and it is while starting with Montauban, country house rested by Alphonse Ier the Jordan in 1144, that will spread the Toulouse movement of municipal emancipation there (consulate). Ancient foundation, cahors is with the évêché Middle Ages powerful which radiate on the country and encourage the foundation of abbeys and priories set up in seigniories. Subsidiary company of the abbey of Tulle, Rocamadour (or Rock-Amadour) knows an multitude of pilgrims which makes its fortune ; its population would have reached the number of twenty thousand inhabitants.
After the death of Jeanne of Toulouse (1271), quercy shares the fate of the county of Toulouse at the time of the crusade against the Albigensians and will be disputed between France and England during the One hundred Year old war the modern time is marked by the Reform, whose low quercy will be one of most solid bastions the, and by several " country furies ", and initially by those of Crunching in 1594 and 1624. Country of the iron mines, wood and the wines, it will form part of the general information of Montauban created in 1635.
