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Navès (French pronunciation: [navɛs]; Occitan: Navés) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Geography
The Thoré forms most of the commune's north-eastern border, then flows into the Agout, which forms part of its northern border.
Historic sites
- Château de Montespieu, restored castle, listed as a monument historique in 1992.[3]
- Château de Navès (residence of Georges Prêtre)
- The manoir de Gaillard and its classified dovecote
- Tour de Navès, fortified 16th century tower, listed as a monument historique in 1995.[4]
- Church of Saint John the Baptiste
Notable people
- Georges Prêtre (1924 – 2017), orchestral and opera conductor, had a home in Navès.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00095675, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Château de Montespieu". Retrieved 14 October 2022
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00135479, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Tour de Navès". Retrieved 15 October 2022
- ^ Marie-Aude Roux (4 January 2017). "Georges Prêtre, le plus viennois des chefs d'orchestre, est mort" [Georges Prêtre, the most Viennese of orchestra conductors, has died]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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