Berc

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Berc

|commune = Les Monts-Verts

|commune status = Former commune

|image = Église de Berc.jpg

|caption = Église Sainte-Marie de Berc

|arrondissement = Mende

|INSEE = 48012

|postal code = 48200

|coordinates = {{Coord|44|51|31|N|3|12|21|E|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 1101

|population = 144

|population date = 1968

|population footnotes =

|website = {{URL|lesmontsverts.wixsite.com/mairie/berc}}

}}

Berc is a small village in the south of France. It is located in the department of Lozère, in the Massif Central, on the border with the department of Cantal, at an altitude of {{Convert|1101|m}}. In 1968 there were 144 inhabitants.

An independent commune until 1 January 1973, Berc now forms the new commune of Les Monts-Verts with the villages of Arcomie and Le Bacon.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000021020 Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)], Journal officiel de la République française n° 0014, 17 January 1973, pp. 684-685.

History

Berc was created in 1877 from the communes of Arcomie, La Fage-Saint-Julien and Termes.{{Cassini-Ehess|3710|Berc}} On 1 January 1973, it merged with two communes, Arcomie and Le Bacon, to form the new commune named Les Monts-Verts.{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune-supprimee/48024-berc |title=Commune supprimée de Berc |publisher=Insee |language=fr |access-date=5 September 2024}}

The town was known at the beginning of the twentieth century for its artisanal production of sabots.{{cite web |url=https://lesmontsverts.wixsite.com/mairie/berc |title=Berc |publisher=Mairie Les Monts-Verts |language=fr |access-date=23 January 2022}}

Local culture and heritage

= Places and monuments =

Église Sainte-Marie de Berc.
Cross near the church of Sainte-Marie.

Croix près de l'église de berc.jpg|Ancient cross.

Croix près de l'église de Berc2.jpg|Modern cross.

= Personalities =

Pierre Veyron (1903-1970), Grand Prix motor racing driver, was born in Berc.{{cite web |url=http://historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=8216 |title=Pierre Veyron |website=historicracing.com |access-date=23 January 2022}} Bugatti Automobiles named one of its models, the Bugatti Veyron, after him.{{cite web |url=http://www.bugatti.com/en/tradition/history/bugatti-stories/pierre-veyron.html |title=Pierre Veyron |department=Bugatti Stories |date=30 November 2011 |website=bugatti.com |publisher=Bugatti Automobiles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602144938/http://www.bugatti.com/en/tradition/history/bugatti-stories/pierre-veyron.html |archive-date=2 June 2012 |access-date=23 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}

References

Category:Former communes of Lozère

Category:Villages in Occitania (administrative region)