Clermont-Dessous

Clermont-Dessous is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

Clermont-Dessous
Commune
The church in Clermont-Dessous
Coat of arms
Location of Clermont-Dessous
Clermont-Dessous Clermont-Dessous
Coordinates: 44°14′22″N 0°26′47″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Agen
Canton	Le Confluent
Intercommunality	Confluent et Coteaux de Prayssas
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Causero
Area ^1	15.08 km^2 (5.82 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	876
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	47066 /47130
Elevation	30–190 m (98–623 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Clermont-Dessous was once a stronghold in Agenais to which the village of Fortic was later attached. The place was besieged in vain in 1221 by Amaury de Monfort, and was taken by routiers in 1457. [2]

In the middle years of the nineteenth century, fairs were held on March 7, October 19, and December 13th. [2]

Administration

List of mayors since 1793:

• 1793–1794
  • Joseph Vidouze
• 1795–1796
  • Guillaume Jullia
• 1796–1797
  • Joseph Vidouze
• 1798–1799
  • Antoine Sibault
• 1799–1801
  • Arnaud Riviere
• 1801–1838
  • Antoine Lasserre
• 1838–1860
  • Léon de Sevin
• 1860–1864
  • Vincent Dumas
• 1864–1870
  • Charles Lasserre
• 1870–1871
  • Pierre Delbos
• 1871–1876
  • Pierre-Célestin Ache
• 1876–1881
  • Pierre Delbos
• 1881–1888
  • Joseph Delbos
• 1888–1925
  • Jean Camboue
• 1925–1944
  • Paul Maurice
• 1944–1949
  • Ernest Jaffre
• 1949–1983
  • Roger Jaffre
• 1983–2019
  • Jean Malbec

The town hall is located at Fourtic, a village crossed by the road from Bordeaux to Toulouse.

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

Citations

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Girault de Saint-Fargeau 1844, p. 598.

Sources

• Girault de Saint-Fargeau, Eusèbe (1844). Dictionnaire géographique, historique, administratif et industriel de toutes les communes de France [Geographic, historical, administrative and industrial dictionary of all the communes of France] (in French). Volume I. Paris: Firmin Didot.