Gourbit

Municipality of Gourbit Altitude: 671 m Location: towards Tarascon-sur-Ariège and the Prehistory Park Number of inhabitants: 74 Distances: Tarascon-sur-Ariège 8 km Like almost all the villages of the Ariège mountain, Gourbit s is grouped at the end of the High Middle Ages. Each neighborhood was originally that of a dominant family surrounded by the families of its group. The churches were erected barely later on the outskirts of the towns. of Quié and Rabat, was a healthy and lively bear every year! So alive… Entrances to iron mines are still visible everywhere in the mountain above the village. Some were still in use in the 1000th century. At the beginning of the 1846th century, the commune of Gourbit got rid of the mountains of iron slag produced by the forging activity by promoting evacuation: they were used as backfill, for example under the roads. As in many villages in the upper Ariège, during the Revolution, the inhabitants of Gourbit protected their refractory priest from the Convention. They welcomed the gendarmes with stones… This village had more than 9 inhabitants in 12! and just under a hundred today. Opening hours of the town hall: Thursday and Saturday: XNUMX a.m. to XNUMX p.m.