Leychert Explained

Leychert
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Pamiers
Canton:Pays d'Olmes
Insee:09166
Postal Code:09300
Mayor:Bernard Voegeli[1]
Term:2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:Pays d'Olmes
Coordinates:42.9453°N 1.73°W
Elevation M:607
Elevation Min M:516
Elevation Max M:934
Area Km2:5.77

Leychert is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

History

Etymology based on 2 assumptions:dry lake or forest cleared (comes from the name of the old domain "les eychartelles" which once included a forest)

The story depends Leychert until 1789 that of Roquefixade. Having belonged to the Count of Toulouse and the lord of Saint Paul Bernard Amiel de Pailhès, Leychert be included, since half of the 13th century, in the province of Languedoc, and not in the County of Foix (the limit being at In River, on the town's current Soula).

The village was part of the castellany Roquefixade (and Nalzen, Soula, Saint Cirac and river). It was in the King of France. The Lord of Those was the master of the late 17th century until the Revolution.

The church at Leychert was an annex of Roquefixade with a vicar. The church is dedicated to St. Anne, at least in 1633 (however, a church of Saint Pierre Leychert is regularly mentioned in the deeds of the 17th century). After years of disrepair, the church was restored in the mid-1990s and is classified as a historical monument.

Population

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023. fr.