Saint-Matré Explained
| Saint-Matré |
| Arrondissement: | Cahors |
| Canton: | Puy-l'Évêque |
| Insee: | 46278 |
| Postal Code: | 46800 |
| Commune: | Porte-du-Quercy |
| Coordinates: | 44.4017°N 1.1203°W |
| Elevation M: | 258 |
| Elevation Min M: | 155 |
| Elevation Max M: | 276 |
| Area Km2: | 6.41 |
| Population: | 146 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Saint-Matré (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ matʁe/; Languedocien: Sent Matre) is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Porte-du-Quercy.[2] [3]
Etymology
A local tradition according to which the toponym was derived from St. Amator is rather doubtful given the old forms of the name that have come down to us.[4] No saint is mentioned in the medieval pouillés, the village being called Samatre.[5] A 14th century pouillé mentions Samayré. We can find Samatré or Samatan in the 15th century texts, then Saint-Mathié in 1526 and Saint-Matré du Crucifix in 1679.
So we see there is no question of any Christian influence to the toponym. Its name could derive from a Gallo-Roman domain belonging to a certain Samitius, but there are no archaeological data to support such a view.
Administration
List of mayors since 1802 :
- 1802-1804: Jean Basset
- 1804-1809: Jean Bessières
- 1809-1814: Armand David
- 1815-1831: Jean-Baptiste Estang
- 1831-1843: Jean Bessières
- 1843-1855: Paul David
- 1855-1863: Jean Bessières
- 1863-1878: Étienne Frezal
- 1878-1884: Émile Pignier
- 1884-1902: Jean Jordy
- 2001-2019: Christian Bessières
See also
Notes
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
- Web site: Derniers vœux de Saint-Matré, commune fondatrice de Porte-du-Quercy . Last wishes of Saint-Matré, founding commune of Porte-du-Quercy . Quet . Didier . January 11, 2019 . actu.fr . La Vie Quercynoise . February 14, 2019.
- https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/9/28/TERB1831199A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
- Book: Cassagne . Jean-Marie . Korsak . Mariola . 2013 . Villes et Villages en pays lotois . Cities and Villages of Quercy . fr . Vayrac . Tertium éditions . 254 . Saint-Matré.
- Book: De Font-Réaulx, Jacques . Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres . 1962 . Recueil des historiens de la France: Pouillés . Collection of historians of France: Pouillés . fr . Paris . Imprimerie Nationale . 9 . 408, 780 and 792.
