Saux, Lot

Part of Porte-du-Quercy in Occitania, France

Saux

Part of Porte-du-Quercy

The Chateau of Victor, hosting the famous trappe à bière

Location of Saux

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Coordinates: 44°23′27″N 1°05′10″E﻿ / ﻿44.3908°N 1.0861°E﻿ / 44.3908; 1.0861
Country| France
Region| Occitania
Department| Lot
Arrondissement| Cahors
Canton| Puy-l'Évêque
Commune| Porte-du-Quercy

Area

| 8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population

(2019)[1]

| 93
• Density| 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

46800

Elevation| 173–275 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.

Saux (French pronunciation: [soks]; Languedocien: Sauç) 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]

## History

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

## Administration

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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

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Tourniac is a hamlet to the west of the village Saux. It was mentioned on the 18th century Cassini map as Tronhac.[8] Formerly an independent commune, it was merged into Saux between 1795 and 1800.[9]

## See also

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* Communes of the Lot department

## References

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1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, 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. ^ a b c 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). Vol. 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). Vol. 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). Vol. 3\. Paris. p. 76. "Saux-de-Tourniac"
8. ^ Tronhac on the 1750 Cassini Map
9. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tourniac, EHESS (in French).

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