Lavaur, a town in the French department of Tarn, on the Agout, 25 miles ENE. of Toulouse. A bishop's see from 1317 to 1801, it was the strongest fortress of the Albigenes, but in 1211 was taken by Simon de Montfort. Pop. 4651.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 538
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