Lautrec

Lautrec crowns a hill between the Dadou and Agout, in the heart of the Albigeois. It gave its name to a viscounty whose lords shared authority over the surrounding country. In the sixteenth century merchants traded balls of prepared woad here, including at a place called La Pastelerie below the mill. The plant yielded a valuable blue dye, and its commerce contributed to the prosperity of the towns between Toulouse, Albi and Carcassonne.