Lombers

Summary

Lombers is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

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Coat of arms of Lombers
Location of Lombers
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Lombers is located in Occitanie
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Coordinates: 43°48′18″N 2°09′03″E / 43.805°N 2.1508°E / 43.805; 2.1508
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn
ArrondissementAlbi
CantonLe Haut Dadou
IntercommunalityCC Centre Tarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Roques[1]
Area
1
38.79 km2 (14.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,106
 • Density29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
81147 /81120
Elevation177–321 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.
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History edit

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.[3]

Geography edit

The commune is traversed by the river Assou.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Duvernoy, Jean, editor (1976), Guillaume de Puylaurens, Chronique 1145-1275: Chronica magistri Guillelmi de Podio Laurentii, Paris: CNRS, ISBN 2-910352-06-4 {{citation}}: |given= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) pp. 40-43.