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 | |
Area1 | 38.79 km2 (14.98 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 1,003 | |
• 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) | |
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 the 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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