History et Genealogy of family LATIL,

in Provence and in Louisiana,

since the 15th Century.

GEOGRAPHICALS MAPS

The origin of the LATIL are in Provence, in the southeast of France.

Les Mées, 04190, France, department of Alp-of-High-Provence, district of Digne, chief town of canton, altitude: 409 m, are located at 20 kilometers in the south-east of Sisteron and at 26 kilometers in the North-East of Manosque. This village is remarkable by its high rocks of a hundred meters, curiously cut out by the erosion, which one calls "the penitents  of Les Mées".

Map of the neighborhood of Mées, raised from Thury's Cassini in 1778.

Chasteuil, 04120 Castellane, France, department of Alp-of-High-Provence, district of Digne, canton of Castellane, is located at 6 kilometers in the south-west of Castellane on right bank of the Verdon, and at 43 kilometers in the south-east of Les Mées.

Map of Chasteuil's neighborhood, raised from Thury's Cassini in 1778.

Vilhosc, 04200 Entrepierres, France, department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Forcalquier's district, Sisteron's canton, height: 675 m, (51 inhabitants to Vilhosc in 1936 , 163 inhabitants with Entrepierres in 1982), is situated in 7 kilometers on the West by Sisteron, and in 18 kilometres in the North of Mées. In 1974, Saint-Symphorien and Vilhosc merges with Entrepierres.

Map of Vilhosc's neighborhood, raised from Thury's Cassini between 1776 and 1777.

Louisiana is in the South-east of the United States. The principal city is Baton-Rouge.

It is only a part of French Louisiana of 1750 (to see below the map of French Louisiana).

Map of a part of French Louisiana, from 1699 till 1763.

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(last update : 01.18.07 )