Lombers
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| Lombers | |
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Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Lombers | |
| Coordinates: 43°48′18″N 2°09′03″E / 43.805°N 2.1508°ECoordinates: 43°48′18″N 2°09′03″E / 43.805°N 2.1508°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Tarn |
| Arrondissement | Albi |
| Canton | Réalmont |
| Intercommunality | Réalmontais |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 38.79 km2 (14.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Population2 | 1,003 |
| • Population2 Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 81147 / 81120 |
| Elevation |
177–321 m (581–1,053 ft) (avg. 1,911 m or 6,270 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Lombers is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
History
Lombers was a significant centre of Catharism in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It was the location of a Catholic-Cathar debate, perhaps in the 1180s, between Guillaume Peyre de Brens, Catholic bishop of Albi, and Sicard le Cellerier, Cathar bishop of Albi; Sicard lived at Lombers.[1]
Geography
The commune is traversed by the river Assou.
See also
References
- ↑ Duvernoy, Jean, editor (1976), Guillaume de Puylaurens, Chronique 1145-1275: Chronica magistri Guillelmi de Podio Laurentii, Paris: CNRS, ISBN 2-910352-06-4 pp. 40-43.
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