Verfeil, Haute-Garonne
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| Coordinates: 43°39′30″N 1°39′42″E / 43.6583°N 1.6617°ECoordinates: 43°39′30″N 1°39′42″E / 43.6583°N 1.6617°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Haute-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse |
| Canton | Pechbonnieu |
| Intercommunality | Coteaux du Girou |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Plicque |
| Area 1 | 41.23 km2 (15.92 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 3,631 |
| • Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 31573 /31590 |
| Elevation | 146–273 m (479–896 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Verfeil (French pronunciation: [vɛʁfɛj]; Occitan: Vrudfuèlh) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
History[]
It was an important centre of Catharism from about 1140 to the mid 13th century. Bernard of Clairvaux preached against heresy at Verfeil in 1145. Sent away without a proper hearing by the seigneurs, he is said to have cursed the town with the words Viridefolium, desiccet te Deus! ("Verfeil, may God dry you up!") , one of those seigneurs, was said by Guillaume de Puylaurens to have lived in his old age in poverty at Toulouse as a result of this curse; the town's recovery was dated by the faithful to the period of the Albigensian Crusade, when Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester gave it to bishop Foulques de Toulouse.[2]
An important Catholic-Cathar debate was held at Verfeil in 1206. The Catholic side was led by Diego de Acebo, bishop of Osma, supported by the future Saint Dominic; among the Cathars were Pons Jourda and .[3]
Population[]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 2,040 | — |
| 1800 | 2,258 | +10.7% |
| 1806 | 2,490 | +10.3% |
| 1821 | 2,399 | −3.7% |
| 1831 | 2,538 | +5.8% |
| 1836 | 2,460 | −3.1% |
| 1841 | 2,420 | −1.6% |
| 1846 | 2,339 | −3.3% |
| 1851 | 2,347 | +0.3% |
| 1856 | 2,367 | +0.9% |
| 1861 | 2,372 | +0.2% |
| 1866 | 2,350 | −0.9% |
| 1872 | 2,342 | −0.3% |
| 1876 | 2,171 | −7.3% |
| 1881 | 2,070 | −4.7% |
| 1886 | 2,043 | −1.3% |
| 1891 | 1,908 | −6.6% |
| 1896 | 1,894 | −0.7% |
| 1901 | 1,827 | −3.5% |
| 1906 | 1,684 | −7.8% |
| 1911 | 1,663 | −1.2% |
| 1921 | 1,418 | −14.7% |
| 1926 | 1,476 | +4.1% |
| 1931 | 1,395 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | 1,402 | +0.5% |
| 1946 | 1,477 | +5.3% |
| 1954 | 1,529 | +3.5% |
| 1962 | 1,536 | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 1,540 | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 1,734 | +12.6% |
| 1982 | 2,000 | +15.3% |
| 1990 | 2,265 | +13.3% |
| 1999 | 2,504 | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 2,914 | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 2,993 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 3,223 | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 3,502 | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 3,561 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 3,631 | +2.0% |
Monuments[]
The town hall
The castle
The Vaureze's Gate
The church "Saint Blaise"
The church "Saint-Sernin-of-Rais"
War Memorial
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Duvernoy, Jean, editor (1976), Guillaume de Puylaurens, Chronique 1145-1275: Chronica magistri Guillelmi de Podio Laurentii, Paris: CNRS, pp. 32–35, ISBN 2-910352-06-4
- ^ ib., pp. 52-55.
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