Saux, Lot
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Saux
|image = Chateau de Saux.jpg
|caption = The Chateau of Victor, hosting the famous trappe à bière
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Cahors
|canton = Puy-l'Évêque
|INSEE = 46300
|postal code = 46800
|commune = Porte-du-Quercy
|coordinates = {{coord|44.3908|1.0861|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 242
|elevation min m = 173
|elevation max m = 275
|area km2 = 8.31
|population = 104
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}
}}
Saux ({{IPA|fr|soks}}; Languedocien: Sauç) 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.{{cite web |url=https://actu.fr/occitanie/montcuq-en-quercy-blanc_46201/derniers-voeux-saint-matre-commune-fondatrice-porte-quercy_20719843.html |title=Derniers vœux de Saint-Matré, commune fondatrice de Porte-du-Quercy |trans-title=Last wishes of Saint-Matré, founding commune of Porte-du-Quercy |last=Quet |first=Didier |date=January 11, 2019 |website=actu.fr |publisher=La Vie Quercynoise |access-date=February 19, 2019}}[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/9/28/TERB1831199A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 28 September 2018 {{in lang|fr}}
History
The army of Simon de Montfort ravaged the village and demolished two castles there.{{cite book |last=Combarieu |first=Louis |date=1881 |title=Dictionnaire des communes du Lot |trans-title=Dictionary of communes of Lot |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9770508g/f262 |language=fr |location=Cahors |publisher=A. Laytou |page=211}}
Administration
Before 1789, there were two parishes in that village, the one at Saux known by the name of St. Andrew, the other at Tourniac by the name of St. Hilaire. Curiously, both were a detached possession of the castellany of Lauzerte,{{cite book |last=Lartigaut |first=Jean |date=July–September 1997 |title=Le repeuplement de Ferrières au XVe siècle. Le repaire, le village et l‘église. Naissance d‘une coseignerie directe dasn un cadre paroissial |trans-title=The repopulation of Ferrières in the 15th century. The den, the village and the church. Birth of a direct coseignerie in a parish setting |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9771800h/f4 |language=fr |location=Cahors |publisher=Bulletin de la Société des études littéraires, scientifiques et artistiques du Lot |volume=118 |page=78}} despite being part of the Diocese of Cahors.
At that time, the village was known as Saux-de-Tourniac.{{cite book |last=Magnan |first=Dominique |author-link1=Dominique Magnan |editor1-last=Desaint |editor1-first=Jean-Charles |date=1765 |title=Dictionnaire géographique portatif de la France |trans-title=Portable geographical dictionary of France |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N2pAAAAAcAAJ |language=French |location=Paris |volume=4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N2pAAAAAcAAJ/page/n53 44] |quote=Saux-de-Tourniac}}{{cite book |last=Saugrain |first=Claude-Marin |editor1=Saugrain |editor2-last=Prault |editor2-first=Pierre |date=1726 |title=Dictionnaire universel de la France ancienne et moderne |trans-title=Universal dictionary of ancient and modern France |url=https://archive.org/details/cihm_47577 |language=French |location=Paris |volume=3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/cihm_47577/page/n47 76] |quote=Saux-de-Tourniac}}
Tourniac
Tourniac is a hamlet to the west of the village Saux. It was mentioned on the 18th century Cassini map as Tronhac.[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=44.39&lon=1.06&zoom=13 Tronhac on the 1750 Cassini Map] Formerly an independent commune, it was merged into Saux between 1795 and 1800.{{Cassini-Ehess|61437|Tourniac}}
See also
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