Saint-Céré
(avg. 152 m or 499 ft)
Saint-Céré (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ seʁe]; Languedocien: Sant Seren) is a commune in the Lot department, southern France.[3] The commune includes within its borders the castle of Saint-Laurent-les-Tours, where the artist Jean Lurçat lived and worked for many years, and from which he operated a secret radio for the French Resistance.[4] The castle still houses a collection of his works.
Geography
Location
The town is located in the centre of a small metropolitan area, in the Quercy, northeast of the Causse de Gramat and west of Segala, between Lacapelle-Marival and Bretenoux, in the valley of the Bave, tributary of the Dordogne river, and on the northern edge of the Limargue. It is the city-centre of the urban unit of Saint-Céré.
Located at the crossroad of the routes to Limousin, Auvergne and Quercy, Saint-Céré is a sought after place to stay due to its location and an excellent point of departure for many walks and excursions in the Haut-Quercy.
Hydrography
The Bave river, a tributary of the Dordogne, flows through the town.
Geology and relief
The area of the commune is 1,133 hectares; its altitude varies from 141 to 523 meters.[5]
At the town hall, the altitude of Saint-Céré is 155 meters. It rises from 141 meters at Bave river to 523 meters in the southern part of the commune.
Climate
Saint-Céré has the distinction of being at the junction of the three types of temperate climates: there is a Temperate Oceanic climate, with Mediterranean and Continental influences, characterised by a dry and hot summer, a sunny autumn, a mild winter. In the shelter of the foothills of the Massif Central, the Vent d'Autan is here moderate.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 3,926 | — |
1975 | 4,089 | +0.58% |
1982 | 4,056 | −0.12% |
1990 | 3,760 | −0.94% |
1999 | 3,515 | −0.75% |
2009 | 3,563 | +0.14% |
2014 | 3,503 | −0.34% |
2020 | 3,427 | −0.36% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
Toponymy
Saint-Céré is based on the Christian hagiotoponym of Serenus of Marseille.[7]
During the French Revolution, the commune bore the name of Franc-Céré and Sen Céré (or Seu-Céré).[8]
In Occitan, the name of the municipality is Sant Seren.
Local culture and heritage
- La place du Mercadial, its fountain and the 15th century Consuls' House, which was declared a historic monument in 1991[9]
- L'hôtel de Puymule, 15th-century, was listed as a historical monument in 1929[10]
- L'hôtel de Miramon[11]
- La maison consulaire[12]
- Several wood-panelled houses
- Église Sainte-Spérie, dating from the 10th century, inscribed as a historical monument in 1979[13]
- Église des Récollets, 17th century, listed as a historic monument in 1973[14]
- Statue of Marshal Canrobert
- Statue of Charles Bourseul (1924) by Giovanni Pinotti Cipriani (also sculptor of the monument to the dead in the square of the Place de la République)
- Château de Montal, 14th-century, listed as a historical monument in 1909. The domain is partly located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Lespinasse.[15]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ http://www.st-cere.com/guides/St-Laurent-les-Tours.html Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Répertoire Géographique des Communes 2011". public.opendatasoft.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Bazalgues, Gaston (2002). À la découverte des noms de lieux du Quercy. Toponymie lotoise (Éditions de la Bouriane et du Quercy ed.). Gourdon. p. 53. ISBN 2-910540-16-2.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Céré, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Base Mérimée: Ancienne maison consulaire, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Ancien hôtel de Puymule, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Maison Louis XIII, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Ancienne maison consulaire, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Eglise et sa crypte de Sainte-Spérie, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Eglise des Récollets, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Domaine de Montal (également sur commune de Saint-Céré), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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