Échebrune
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente-Maritime | |
Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
Canton | Pons | |
Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 36 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ W | |
height | 29-107 m | |
surface | 17.08 km 2 | |
Residents | 485 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 17800 | |
INSEE code | 17145 | |
Échebrune - View of town with church |
Échebrune is a western French community with 485 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
location
Échebrune is about 68 meters above sea level. d. M. and about nine kilometers east of the canton capital Pons in the old cultural landscape of the Saintonge . From Saintes the place is about 28 kilometers in a southeast direction; from Cognac it is about 20 kilometers to the south-west. Other places with impressive Romanesque churches are only a few kilometers away: Pérignac , Bougneau , Berneuil , Avy , Chadenac , Biron , Marignac u. a.
Population development
year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 505 | 507 | 476 | 440 | 451 | 491 | 406 |
economy
The main source of income for the locals is still agriculture (grain, wine and a little cattle and pasture farming). Viticulture was greatly reduced in the second half of the 19th century due to the infestation of the vines by phylloxera . Nevertheless, the place belongs to the Fins Bois of the wine region Cognac . Tourism too, i. H. primarily the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) plays a certain role in the economic life of the municipality.
history
No information is available on the history of Échebrune. The exceptionally well-preserved and imposing village church - due to a second portal on the south side, formerly a priory church with high probability - shows, however, that the place was not entirely insignificant in the Middle Ages.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Échebrune
Saint-Pierre church
Others
- Immediately south of the church, d. H. Probably in the former cemetery, a simple monolithic round pillar with an unpainted and unadorned cross stands on a square stone base . Due to the complete lack of decorative elements, the monument can hardly be dated. It could be a simple medieval Hosanna cross .
- A calvary cross ( calvaire ) standing about 250 meters from the town center on a multi-stepped round substructure is dated to the 15th or 18th century. On a shaft made up of ten profiled stone drums, about 2.20 meters high, there is a multi-tiered structure that ends in a cross. The monument has been recognized as a Monument historique since 1949 .
- The surrounding area, consisting of a mixture of (wine) fields and forest, is ideal for walks and hikes. Some winemakers also offer wine and cognac tastings ( dégustations ) on request .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , p. 595.
- Thorsten Droste : Poitou. Western France between Poitiers and Angoulême - the Atlantic coast from the Loire to the Gironde. DuMont, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-4456-2 , p. 224.
Web links
- Échebrune, church - photos + info (in French)
- Échebrune, church - aerial view, photo + brief information (in French)
- Échebrune, church - photos
- Échebrune, church - photos
Individual evidence
- ↑ Calvaire, Echebrune in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)