Castelmayran (; ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Name
According to Ernest Nègre,
[ Toponymie générale de la France, p. 685.] Castelmayran comes from the Occitan
castèl (from the Latin
castellum) and a Latin personal name,
Marianus.
History
Lordship of Castelmayran
In the 12th century, the lordship belonged to a branch of the family of Argombat which founded the Cistercian abbey of Belleperche. And by 1143 the final transfer of the abbey was discussed at a meeting held in Castelmayran.
Castelmayran had several co-seigneurs over time, among whose Nicolas de Gourgues, the last one before the French Revolution.[
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Lectoure and Lomagne
Before 1789, Castelmayran was a ville of Gascony, in the diocese of Lectoure, and election of Lomagne.
Administration
The mayor of Castelmayran is Thierry Jamain, re-elected in 2020.[
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Notes and references
Notes
See also
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Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department
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