Éraville
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| local community | Bellevigne | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 35 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 16120 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16129 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Éraville - Saint-Pierre Church |
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Eraville is a village and a former French commune of 216 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Charente-Champagne .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Malaville , Éraville , Nonaville , Touzac and Viville were merged into a Commune nouvelle called Bellevigne and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Malaville.
location
Éraville is located about 30 kilometers (driving distance) southeast of the city of Cognac or about 16 kilometers northeast of Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire at an altitude of about 70 meters above sea level. d. M. The capital of the canton, Châteauneuf-sur-Charente , is about 4.5 kilometers northeast.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 202 | 183 | 186 | 192 | 177 | 172 | 212 |
At the first census in France in 1793, the place had 262 inhabitants; In the middle of the 19th century, the population temporarily rose to over 300 and after the end of the phylloxera crisis (approx. 1865–1885), which resulted in a significant decline in population in almost all wine-growing regions of France, it fell to around 200.
economy
Agriculture and especially viticulture have always played an important role in the Charente villages. While cereals, vegetables and oilseeds ( sunflowers ) were mainly grown for their own needs, one could earn good money with the export of wine (later also brandy) to England, Scotland and other countries in Northern Europe, although the winegrowers with the less Part of the earnings had to be satisfied. Today the south bank of the Charente near Éraville is part of the Petite Champagne location within the large growing area for cognac wines.
history
No information is available on the history of Éraville. It is believed that a Roman road from Saintes ( Mediolanum Santonum ) to Périgueux ( Vesunna ) passed here.
Attractions
- The Romanesque parish church of Saint-Pierre probably dates from the end of the 12th century. It impresses with a three-part facade with a high bell gable . The ground floor is divided into three fields by two vertical services : the middle one is occupied by a Gothic portal that was added a little later and that - as is usual in the Charente - has no tympanum ; the left field contains a smaller Romanesque dazzling portal . The ground floor closes at the top with a figural console frieze on which a cornice with a block frieze rests. The middle floor was formed by a five-arcade - resting on double columns - with a window embedded in the raised central arch; the outer arcades have largely disappeared when side buttresses were added . The middle floor closes with a simple, undecorated cornice; above it is a soaring pseudo gable. Between the two bell arcades, of which the left one was later walled up, there is a console with a barely recognizable figure - possibly the church patron St. Peter. The interior of the church has a single nave and is barrel vaulted with an apse . Church construction has been included in the list of historical monuments since 1965 . The bronze bell dates from 1857 and is also a listed building.
- In the village itself, the town hall, the former school, is a listed building; In the vicinity of the village there are several farmhouses ( fermes ) from the 19th century, which are also of historical importance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Documentation of the founding of Bellevigne on the INSEE website.
- ↑ Éraville, Église Saint-Pierre in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Éraville, Église Saint-Pierre in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Éraville, Cloche de l'Église Saint-Pierre in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Farms near Éraville