Clermont-Dessous

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Clermont-Dessous

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Causero^[1]Area

15.08 km² (5.82 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

844 • Density56/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

47066 /47130

Elevation30–190 m (98–623 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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. ^[3]

In the middle years of the nineteenth century, fairs were held on 7 March, 19 October and 13 December. ^[3]

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.

Citations

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b 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). Vol. I. Paris: Firmin Didot.