Castelmayran

Castelmayran
Commune
The town hall of Castelmayran
The town hall of Castelmayran
Location of Castelmayran
Castelmayran is located in France
Castelmayran
Castelmayran
Location within France
Castelmayran is located in Occitanie
Castelmayran
Castelmayran
Location within Occitanie
Coordinates: 44°01′47″N 1°02′23″E / 44.0297°N 1.0397°E / 44.0297; 1.0397
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn-et-Garonne
ArrondissementCastelsarrasin
CantonGaronne-Lomagne-Brulhois
IntercommunalityTerres des Confluences
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Thierry Jamain
Area
1
15.96 km2 (6.16 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Highest elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Lowest elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2023)
1,186
 • Density74.31/km2 (192.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
82031 /82210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castelmayran (French pronunciation: [kastɛlmɛʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Castèlmairan) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Name

According to Ernest Nègre, Castelmayran comes from the Occitan castèl (from the Latin castellum) and a Latin personal name, Marianus.

History

Lordship of Castelmayran

In the 12th century, the lordship belonged to a branch of the family of Argombat which founded the Cistercian abbey of Belleperche. And by 1143 the final transfer of the abbey was discussed at a meeting held in Castelmayran.

Castelmayran had several co-seigneurs over time, among whose Nicolas de Gourgues, the last one before the French Revolution.

Lectoure and Lomagne

Before 1789, Castelmayran was a city of Gascony, in the diocese of Lectoure, and election of Lomagne.

Administration

The mayor of Castelmayran is Thierry Jamain, re-elected in 2020.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ coseigneur: a seigneur who held the lordship in common with another.

References

  1. 1 2 "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ INSEE (Jan 1, 2019). "Commune de Castelmayran (82031)" [Municipality of Castelmayran (82031)] (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (France). Retrieved Sep 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Toponymie générale de la France, p. 685.
  5. 1 2 Astoul, Guy (2008). Tarn-et-Garonne: l'album du bicentenaire [Tarn-et-Garonne: the bicentennial album] (in French). Toulouse: Privat editions. p. 142. ISBN 9782708917477.
  6. ↑ Magnan, Dominique (1765). Desaint, Jean-Charles (ed.). Dictionnaire géographique portatif de la France [Portable geographical dictionary of France] (in French). Vol. I. Paris. p. 441.
  7. ↑ Bladé, Jean-François (1867). Foix, Félix (ed.). Revue de Gascogne [Journal of Gascony] (in French). Vol. VIII. Auch. pp. 277–278. Élection de Lomagne{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

See also