| 词条 | Gaillac |
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|name = Gaillac |commune status = Commune |image = Gaillac-place-griffoul.jpg |caption = The Place du Griffoul, in Gaillac |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Gaillac (Tarn).svg |arrondissement = Albi |canton = Gaillac |intercommunality = Tarn et Dadou |mayor = Michèle Rieux |term = |INSEE = 81099 |postal code = 81600 |elevation m = 140 |elevation min m = 105 |elevation max m = 288 |coordinates = {{coord|43.9014|1.8992|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |area km2 = 50.93 |population = 12775 |population date = 2006 }} Gaillac ({{IPA-fr|ɡajak}}; {{Lang-oc|Galhac}}) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It had in 2013 a population of 14,334 inhabitants. Geography of GaillacGaillac is a town situated between Toulouse, Albi and Montauban. It has gained much recognition due to the wines that bear the town's name. The Tarn river runs along the border of the town by the south, east and west. It lies 50 km north-east of Toulouse. It is a market town and is the commercial centre of the north-west of Tarn. The local wine of Gaillac, first made almost two thousand years ago, is of two official appellations (AOC). The terroir is made up of clay, limestone, sand and silex soils. Gaillac receives more sunshine than Bordeaux and is graced by a cool maritime climate. Duras is the name both of the grape that is native to this area and of an AOC and town just northwest of the two "Gaillac" designations. History of GaillacThe town was founded in the second century CE by the Gauls who created a river port where they exported their wine into Gallia Narbonensis. When Aquitania was conquered by Rome, Gaillac gained prosperity with its wine. However, the barbarian invasions annihilated the town and left nothing behind. It was only when the monks of Saint-Michel gained viticulture privileges from the Bishop of Albi, in 972, that the population stabilized and Gaillac started to become a town again. Their wines were at first sent to Bordeaux where they would be exported to England. The Abbey of St. Michel was constructed in the 10th century and rebuilt in 1271. In 1524 the abbey was secularized but the title of abbey retained. During the religious wars, the "Gaillacois" refused to change their religion and remained Catholics and were chased out of the town by Protestants. They took refuge at Castelnau-de-Montmiral. After the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre on 24 August 1572, in Paris, the Gaillacois massacred 74 out of the 90 Huguenots in the town. The abbey was once again rebuilt between 1572-1620. In the seventeenth century the Chateau of Foucaud was erected. It was from the town of Gaillac that Louis-Philippe I addressed the words:
Which may be translated: "We seek to keep ourselves in proper state, aloof from both the excesses of popular power and the abuses of royal power." This sentence would define the July Monarchy. AdministrationThe mayors of the town have been:
Transport
Sport
Twin towns
Notable People from Gaillac
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2 : Communes of Tarn (department)|Languedoc |
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