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 :

See also

Notes

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. 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.
  3. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/9/28/TERB1831199A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
  4. 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.
  5. 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.