- Location:
- Murat-sur-Vèbre is a town of about 900 inhabitants.
- It is located in the heart of Parc Naturel Régional du Haut Languedoc, on the eastern tip of the Tarn department, to the western border of Herault (2 km) southeast of Aveyron (6 km) and 1:15 of the Mediterranean.
- History:
- In the heart of the local prehistory to life. The artists of the Neolithic (4500-1850 BC. JC) have left a valuable legacy in the form of statues-menhirs and dolmens.
- In turn, Celts, Romans, Vandals and Visigoths have shaped the landscape, leaving paths, tombs and even names.
- The Middle Ages saw the birth of the feudal castles of Canac and Boissezon Masviel and the Castelas Murat.
- From the 12th century, the church of Saint-Etienne to receive pilgrims of St Jacques de Compostella route that traversed Tolosane.
- Gastronomic specialties:
- The Lacaune are mainly used for agriculture and for the most part in farming (milk or meat). The famous Roquefort is also made exclusively from milk of ewes "lacaune".
- Cows, goats and sheep for their help in the manufacture of many local cheeses, cold cuts with the famous Mountains of lacaune (ham, dry sausage and other specialties), make this a flagship local cuisine of the Midi- Pyrenees.
- Traditions: The Madeleine Festival in July, the Local Products Fair and the Festival of Traditional threshing the old, the first and second Sunday in August, and the Apple Festival in October, are all heritage celebrations that punctuate the year.
