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Bastide (planned town)Tarn-et-Garonne

Nègrepelisse

Nègrepelisse

Dimensions
The plan of the bastide, with the former porte Saint-Blaise; the church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, rebuilt in the 19th century by Jules Bourdais around an octagonal Toulouse bell tower of 1460, 49 metres high; the castle, its main fabric of the 11th century, inscribed; the Protestant temple in Romano-Byzantine style inaugurated in 1870, classified, able to hold 800 to 1,000 people; the old mill of white limestone and brique foraine.
Period
Royal bastide of 1273 (or 1287); bell tower of 1460; town burned in 1622; church and temple rebuilt in the 19th century.
What stands there
Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens classified as a monument historique in 2009; Protestant temple classified; castle inscribed on the supplementary inventory. Population of 5,839 inhabitants in 2022. A charter of 78 articles, the most complete in the department according to Wikipedia.

Nègrepelisse, the "black fur" of the charcoal-burning woodcutters of the forest of Tulmonenc, lies on the Aveyron fifteen kilometres north-east of Montauban. Wikipedia counts it among "the 35 bastides of the Tarn-et-Garonne": a royal bastide founded in 1273 by paréage with the lords of Bruniquel, it received from Philip III a communal charter of 78 articles, held to be the most complete in the department. A Calvinist stronghold, the town was taken, torn to pieces and burned by Louis XIII in 1622, in reprisal for the massacre of his garrison. The castle, whose main fabric goes back to the 11th century, received Fragonard in 1773; the church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, classified in 2009, keeps a Toulouse bell tower of 1460, 49 metres high; the temple of 1870, the work of Jules Bourdais, speaks of the Protestant loyalty of the town.

Further reading

Getting there : Free access to the town; the castle belongs to the commune. The bell tower and the temple can be seen from the street.

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

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Ambient sound

Nègrepelisse
Yohann GOZARD / Yohann Gozard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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