It was an important centre of Catharism from about 1140 to the mid 13th century. Bernard of Clairvaux preached against heresy at Verfeil in 1145. Sent away without a proper hearing by the seigneurs, he is said to have cursed the town with the words Viridefolium, desiccet te Deus! ("Verfeil, may God dry you up!") Izarn Neblat, one of those seigneurs, was said by Guillaume de Puylaurens to have lived in his old age in poverty at Toulouse as a result of this curse; the town's recovery was dated by the faithful to the period of the Albigensian Crusade, when Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester gave it to bishop Foulques de Toulouse.[3]
An important Catholic-Cathar debate was held at Verfeil in 1206. The Catholic side was led by Diego de Acebo, bishop of Osma, supported by the future Saint Dominic; among the Cathars were Pons Jourda and Arnaud Arrufat.[4]
verfeil, haute, garonne, verfeil, french, pronunciation, vɛʁfɛj, occitan, vrudfuèlh, commune, haute, garonne, department, southwestern, france, verfeilcommunean, aerial, view, verfeilcoat, armslocation, verfeilverfeilshow, franceverfeilshow, occitaniecoordinat. Verfeil French pronunciation vɛʁfɛj Occitan Vrudfuelh is a commune in the Haute Garonne department in southwestern France VerfeilCommuneAn aerial view of VerfeilCoat of armsLocation of VerfeilVerfeilShow map of FranceVerfeilShow map of OccitanieCoordinates 43 39 30 N 1 39 42 E 43 6583 N 1 6617 E 43 6583 1 6617CountryFranceRegionOccitaniaDepartmentHaute GaronneArrondissementToulouseCantonPechbonnieuIntercommunalityCoteaux du GirouGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Patrick Plicque 1 Area141 23 km2 15 92 sq mi Population 2021 2 3 797 Density92 km2 240 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code31573 31590Elevation146 273 m 479 896 ft avg 225 m or 738 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries Contents 1 History 2 Population 3 Monuments 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editIt was an important centre of Catharism from about 1140 to the mid 13th century Bernard of Clairvaux preached against heresy at Verfeil in 1145 Sent away without a proper hearing by the seigneurs he is said to have cursed the town with the words Viridefolium desiccet te Deus Verfeil may God dry you up Izarn Neblat one of those seigneurs was said by Guillaume de Puylaurens to have lived in his old age in poverty at Toulouse as a result of this curse the town s recovery was dated by the faithful to the period of the Albigensian Crusade when Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester gave it to bishop Foulques de Toulouse 3 An important Catholic Cathar debate was held at Verfeil in 1206 The Catholic side was led by Diego de Acebo bishop of Osma supported by the future Saint Dominic among the Cathars were Pons Jourda and Arnaud Arrufat 4 Population editHistorical populationYearPop p a 17932 040 18002 258 1 46 18062 490 1 64 18212 399 0 25 18312 538 0 56 18362 460 0 62 18412 420 0 33 18462 339 0 68 18512 347 0 07 18562 367 0 17 18612 372 0 04 18662 350 0 19 18722 342 0 06 18762 171 1 88 18812 070 0 95 18862 043 0 26 18911 908 1 36 18961 894 0 15 19011 827 0 72 YearPop p a 19061 684 1 62 19111 663 0 25 19211 418 1 58 19261 476 0 80 19311 395 1 12 19361 402 0 10 19461 477 0 52 19541 529 0 43 19621 536 0 06 19681 540 0 04 19751 734 1 71 19822 000 2 06 19902 265 1 57 19992 504 1 12 20072 969 2 15 20123 312 2 21 20173 595 1 65 20193 658 0 87 Source EHESS 5 and INSEE 1968 2017 6 Monuments edit nbsp The town hall nbsp The castle nbsp The Vaureze s Gate nbsp The church Saint Blaise nbsp The church Saint Sernin of Rais nbsp War MemorialSee also editCommunes of the Haute Garonne departmentReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires in French data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises 13 September 2022 Populations legales 2021 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 28 December 2023 Duvernoy Jean editor 1976 Guillaume de Puylaurens Chronique 1145 1275 Chronica magistri Guillelmi de Podio Laurentii Paris CNRS pp 32 35 ISBN 2 910352 06 4 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a given has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link ib pp 52 55 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d aujourd hui Commune data sheet Verfeil EHESS in French Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEE nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Verfeil Haute Garonne nbsp This Haute Garonne geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Verfeil Haute Garonne amp oldid 1168397777, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
