Montbolo Explained

Montbolo
Native Name:Montboló
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Montbolo (Pyrénées-Orientales).svg
Arrondissement:Céret
Canton:Le Canigou
Insee:66113
Postal Code:66110
Mayor:Marie-Josée Macabies[1]
Term:2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:Haut Vallespir
Coordinates:42.4858°N 2.6558°W
Elevation M:576
Elevation Min M:240
Elevation Max M:1323
Area Km2:21.98

Montbolo (in French pronounced as /mɔ̃bɔlo/; Catalan; Valencian: Montboló) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localization

Montbolo is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Geology

Montbolo once had gypsum mines, used for making plaster, and also lutite and dolomite. A landslide in a gypsum stone-pit in Montbolo occurred on 20 March 1886 and killed three workers.[2]

Sites of interest

The Saint-Andrew church of Montbolo was first built in the 12th century and then modified in the 13th, 14th and 17th centuries. At the end of the 19th century, works started for a full repair of the church, but the new roof was entirely destroyed following a storm in January 1900.[3] Other repairs have been made more recently, such as the rebuild of the portal, which destroyed some of the older elements.[4]

Montbolo has two dolmens: the Caixa de Rotllan, on the city limit with Arles-sur-Tech and the dolmen de Formentera.

Culture

Poetry

See also

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.
  2. Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Accident à Montbolo en 1886, 4 february 2014
  3. Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Tempête dans le Haut-Vallespir, 10 janvier 1900, 2 february 2014
  4. Marcel Durliat, Roussillon Roman, Zodiaque, 1986
  5. Web site: Ode aux environs d'Amélie-les-Bains en 1912 . Fabricio Cardenas . 24 June 2015 . Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales . fr . 20 July 2017.