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The Protestant church
The first church, razed in 1685 or 1686; rebuilt in the 19th century.
The Protestant church of Clairac was demolished just after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. [B] According to Claude Martin’s list, at least 261 Protestants left Clairac for Holland, Germany, England, Ireland or Switzerland. [L]
In rue Gambetta, formerly rue du Temple, a plaque placed on 22 July 2017 by the descendants of the Dutilh family recalls that the first church stood a few steps away, on today’s place Aristide-Briand, and was razed on 8 November 1685. The newsletter of the Amis de Clairac dates its demolition to 1686. Date to be checked. [B]
After freedom of worship returned, a first church was built in 1807; it was rebuilt in the 1830s and listed as a historic monument in 2021. [W2]
The plaque in rue Gambetta From Clairac to the world The Refuge in figures
Sources
- [B] Société des amis de Clairac, Newsletter no. 1, May 2018 (PDF, original document in French)
- [L] Claude Martin, “Emigrés de CLAIRAC en Agenois Province de Guyenne”, typed list, 3 pages, date unknown — facsimile and transcription
- [W2] French Wikipedia, « Temple protestant de Clairac », accessed 5 October 2026: fr.wikipedia.org