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Bastide de Molandier

Molandier

Dimensions
The church of the Assomption-de-Notre-Dame, inscribed in 1948, with its great 18th-century bell-gable (1784-1785) modified in the 19th; the village of the Piège on its slopes. The original plan of the bastide is not described by the texts.
Period
Charter of customs of 1 April 1246; bell-gable of 1784-1785, altered in the 19th century.
What stands there
One of the first bastides of the Lauragais, endowed with a charter of customs as early as 1 April 1246, earlier than the great wave of foundations of the 1250s-1280s. Church of the Assomption-de-Notre-Dame inscribed as a monument historique in 1948.

A bastide of the Piège, between Castelnaudary and Le Vernet, on the borders of the Aude and the Ariège, Molandier is one of the oldest new towns of the Lauragais. The first document attesting the castrum Montislanderii dates from the 13th century, under the reign of Louis IX: on 1 April 1246 a charter of customs was signed between the lords of the place and the count, fixing the limits of the territory, feudal rights, the regime of goods and persons, civil and criminal justice, policing and the consular organisation. The village lives today around its church of the Assomption-de-Notre-Dame, inscribed as a monument historique in 1948, whose great bell-gable raised in 1784-1785 looks out over the slopes.

Further reading

Getting there : Village with free access; no tourist office or market documented.

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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Bastide de Molandier
Jcb-caz-11 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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