Écurat

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Écurat
Écurat (France)
Écurat
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Saintes
Canton Saint-Porchaire
Community association Saintes
Coordinates 45 ° 47 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 47 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  W
height 14-69 m
surface 10.55 km 2
Residents 471 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 45 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 17810
INSEE code

Écurat - the village with the Saint-Pierre church

Écurat is a western French community with 471 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Charente-Maritime , region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Écurat is about 30 meters above sea level. d. M. at a distance of about six kilometers (driving distance) northwest of Saintes in the middle of the cultural landscape of the Saintonge . The city of Cognac is about 38 kilometers to the southeast.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 212 190 222 291 361 420 470

The town's population has increased significantly since the end of the 1980s due to its proximity to Saintes and the construction of a new housing estate.

economy

Agriculture (grain and wine) still plays the major role in the economic life of the small community that is part of the Fins Bois wine-growing area in the Cognac region.

history

No specific information is published about the history of Écurat. However, the history of the place is likely to be closely linked to that of Saintes.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Écurat

  • The most important attraction of Écurat is the Romanesque church Saint-Pierre, from the 12th century. The church was classified as a monument historique in 1910 .
  • The Château de la Morinerie , a single-storey building with a two-storey central risalit from the 17th century, stands a little outside the village . The privately owned and not open to the public buildings were placed under protection as Monument historique in 1969 .

Individual evidence

  1. Église Saint-Pierre, Écurat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. Château de la Morinerie, Écurat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 991-992.
  • Thorsten Droste : Poitou. Western France between Poitiers and Angoulême - the Atlantic coast from the Loire to the Gironde. DuMont, Cologne 1999, p. 216, ISBN 3-7701-4456-2 .

Web links

Commons : Écurat  - collection of images, videos and audio files