Castelnau-de-Lévis

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Coordinates: 43°56′15″N 2°05′01″E / 43.9375, 2.08361111111

Commune of Castelnau-de-Lévis
Location
Castelnau-de-Lévis (France)
Castelnau-de-Lévis
Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Tarn
Arrondissement Albi
Canton Albi-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois
Mayor Georges Lacombe
(2008-2015)
Statistics
Elevation 133 m–280 m
(avg. 143 m)
Land area¹ 21.42 km²
Population²
(1999)		 1,403
 - Density 65/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 81063/ 81150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France
Ruins of the castel for which the village is celebrated
Ruins of the castel for which the village is celebrated

Castelnau-de-Lévis is a village and commune in the Tarn département of France, just west of Albi. At the 1999 census the population was 1,403. The inhabitants are Castellévisiens and Castellévisiennes.

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[edit] Château de Castelnau-de-Lévis

The castel was built at the beginning of the thirteenth century by Gicard Alamon, and called Castelnau de Bonnafonds. It was rebuilt by the Lévis in the fifteenth century, when the seigneurie came into the possession of Hugues d' Amboise, baron d'Aubijoux; the fief remained with his descendants until the seventeenth century. Hugues' grandson, Louis d'Amboise, comte d'Aubijoux and baron de Castelnau-de Bonnafous, restored the château and dwelt in it. The narrow square watchtower (tour de guet) is 40m tall.

Apart from the watchtower, all that remains today is remnants of other buildings. From the castle, there is a good view of Albi and the Tarn valley[1].

The castle has been listed since 1909 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture[2].

[edit] Motocross

The village at the base of the château is the site of a motocross championship, the Championnats du Monde MX3 et d’Europe 125 de Motocross. The track is also scheduled to host the French 2009 Sidecarcross world championship Grand Prix on 5 April 2009, however, this will still have to be confirmed by the FIM[3].

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[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Green Guide Languedoc, Roussillon, Tarn Gorges, p77, Michelin Tyre plc 1998, ISBN2-06-136602-3
  2. ^ www.culture.gouv.fr accessed 21 May 2008
  3. ^ Sidecarcross.de: Vorläufige Termine 2009 (in German)


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