Padiès

Padiès
Coat of arms of Padiès Coat of arms
Padiès
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Padiès
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Valence-d'Albigeois
Intercommunality	Val 81
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Roland Cougoureux
Area1	14.69 km2 (5.67 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	201
• Density	14/km2 (35/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	81199 / 81340
Elevation	340–552 m (1,115–1,811 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Padiès is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Padiès has a chateau situated on the outskirts of the village of Lempaut.
The Château de Padiès is a unique Renaissance Château complex set in the Lauragais of Pastel fame – the “Pays de Cocaigne”, Cathar country and the land of the Troubadours.

As one of the three Seigneuries of Lempaut, Padiès was an integral part of village life, at the time of the Napoleonic census, forty five people lived in the immediate vicinity of the château. They built their shelters using local materials, they farmed, gardened, produced the food and clothes, baked bread, killed and processed the pig and generally lived…..and loved….. in a sustainable environment.

The owners of the Château de Padiès are attempting to reconnect Padiès with its surroundings in a sustainable way.

Padiès was listed on the Inventaire Supplementaire des Monuments Historic (ISMH) in 1928.

Geography

The Cérou forms most of the commune's northwestern border.

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Lieux secrets du Pays Cathare on PADIES (Blog)
• Carnets du Sud à Lempaut, Tarn, au château de Padiès