Saint-Matré

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Saint-Matré
Part of Porte-du-Quercy
The road into Saint-Matré
The road into Saint-Matré
Location of Saint-Matré
Saint-Matré is located in France
Saint-Matré
Saint-Matré
Coordinates: 44°24′06″N 1°07′13″E / 44.4017°N 1.1203°E / 44.4017; 1.1203Coordinates: 44°24′06″N 1°07′13″E / 44.4017°N 1.1203°E / 44.4017; 1.1203
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementCahors
CantonPuy-l'Évêque
CommunePorte-du-Quercy
Area
1
6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
136
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
46800
Elevation155–276 m (509–906 ft)
(avg. 258 m or 846 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Matré (Languedocien: Sent Matre) 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]

Etymology[]

A local tradition according to which the toponym was derived from St. Amator is rather doubtful given the old forms of the name that have come down to us.[4] No saint is mentioned in the medieval pouillés [n 1], the village being called Samatre.[5][4] A 14th century pouillé mentions Samayré. We can find Samatré or Samatan in the 15th century texts, then Saint-Mathié in 1526 and Saint-Matré du Crucifix in 1679.[4]

So we see there is no question of any Christian influence to the toponym. Its name could derive from a Gallo-Roman domain belonging to a certain Samitius, but there are no archaeological data to support such a view.[4]

Administration[]

List of mayors since 1802 :[6]

    • 1802-1804
      • Jean Basset
    • 1804-1809
      • Jean Bessières
    • 1809-1814
      • Armand David
    • 1815-1831
      • Jean-Baptiste Estang
    • 1831-1843
      • Jean Bessières
    • 1843-1855
      • Paul David
    • 1855-1863
    • 1863-1878
      • Étienne Frezal
    • 1878-1884
      • Émile Pignier
    • 1884-1902
      • Jean Jordy
    • 2001-2019
      • Christian Bessières

See also[]

  • Communes of the Lot department

References and notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, 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 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Cassagne, Jean-Marie; Korsak, Mariola (2013). Villes et Villages en pays lotois [Cities and Villages of Quercy] (in French). Vayrac: Tertium éditions. p. 254. Saint-Matré
  5. ^ De Font-Réaulx, Jacques; Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (1962). Recueil des historiens de la France: Pouillés [Collection of historians of France: Pouillés] (in French). 9. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. pp. 408, 780 and 792.
  6. ^ "Les anciens Maires de Saint-Matré" [The former mayors of Saint-Matré]. annuaire-mairie.fr. 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  7. ^ David, Paul (1857). Mémoire pour dégager une question d'intérêt communal [Mémoire for bringing out a common interest question for a city] (in French). Toulouse: Imprimerie V. Sens et P. Savy. p. 34.

Notes[]

  1. ^ pouillés: French ecclesiastical cadastral registers, official documents that provide a comprehensive picture of the dioceses under the Ancien Regime in France.
  2. ^ Former mayor Paul David. who was still a member of the Municipal Council in the years 1856 to 1857, resigned from the Council in troubled circumstances on July 28, 1857.[7]


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