Origin and history

The church Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Bastide de Couloumat is a religious monument located in the municipality of Belpech, in the Occitanie region. The available sources do not specify its construction period or the architectural or historical details associated with it. Its name suggests a dedication to Saint John the Baptist, frequent patron saint of medieval and modern churches in France.

Religious buildings such as this church played a central role in the life of rural communities in Occitanie. They served as places of worship, social gathering and sometimes refuge. In Belpech, as in many bastides of the region, these buildings often reflected the collective organization around faith and local agricultural or artisanal activities.

However, no information specific to this church is available to detail its history or evolution.