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Noailhac
The origin of the name "Noailhac" comes from the Latin Novalis, "new" meaning newly cleared land. The derivation in-acum adds the idea of an agricultural unit (land under cultivation).
Outside the city, but on the way to Santiago de Compostela, the Chapel of St. Roch, which is depicted as a pilgrim with the bumblebee and shells, was particularly invoked during plague epidemics and, around the 15th century, it took the place of Santiago in many churches and chapels once dedicated to the Apostle of Spain.
Today, the establishment of agricultural activity remains fundamental for the municipality, which has about twenty farms: mixed farming, pastures, vineyards, cattle, sheep, goat and pig breeding.
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