Agonges

Agonges
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Souvigny
Community association	Bocage Bourbonnais
Coordinates	46 ° 36 '  N , 3 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '  N , 3 ° 10'  E
height	204-266 m
surface	24.10 km 2
Residents	309 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	03210
INSEE code	03002
Church of Our Lady

Agonges is a central French town and municipality with 309 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Allier department in the north of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region .

location

The place Agonges is located on a hill above the fertile and wooded landscape of the Bourbonnais at an altitude of about 235 meters above sea level. d. M. The city of Moulins is about 18 kilometers (driving distance) to the southeast; the town of Nevers in southern Burgundy is about 55 kilometers to the north. The municipality owns several hamlets ( hamlets ) and individual farms.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	474	437	385	327	300	357	371	355

In the 19th century the number of inhabitants rose from around 700 to just under 900; Due to the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants in the municipality then fell continuously to the lows of the last few decades.

economy

For centuries, the inhabitants of Agonges lived as self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included viticulture; in addition there were regional retail trade and handicrafts. During the phylloxera crisis at the end of the 19th century came the wine to a standstill, but red, rosé and white wines are now being produced again in excess of the appellation de Loire Val are marketed. Some of the vacant houses in the village have been converted into holiday apartments ( gîtes ).

history

The place and the church are first mentioned in 1138 under the name Sanctae Mariae de Agongis . The place and parish belonged to the area of influence of the diocese of Bourges through the abbey of Saint-Menoux, which is only about three kilometers south of the French Revolution .

Attractions

Hunting frieze on the church tower

South portal of the church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Agonges

• The former priory church and today's parish church of Notre-Dame is a single-nave high Romanesque building with a transept , three apses , four-storey south tower, modest west portal and a much more elaborately designed archivolt portal slightly protruding from the wall on the south side with Gothic echoes ( pointed arch , chalice capitals). The stones, which vary in color between red, yellow and gray, come from the area; there is both quarry stone masonry and precisely joined sections. A frieze can be seen on the tower, in the fields of which dogs are shown running - probably a hunt . The four bays of the nave and the crossing are ribbed and slightly pointed at the apex. The church building was recognized as a monument historique as early as 1925 .

Surroundings

Château de l'Augère

• The Domaine de l'Épine ( 46 ° 38 ′ 45.7 ″  N , 3 ° 9 ′ 27.5 ″  E ) is a rural manor , partially surrounded by a moat ( douve ) and a high wall, with an almost square floor plan and rounded corner towers from the 15th century. The residential buildings ( corps de logis ) and the former stables, barns and other farm buildings are attached to the outer wall on the courtyard side . The building complex is privately owned and was recognized as a Monument historique in 1992 .
• The Château de l'Augère ( 46 ° 37 ′ 19.2 ″  N , 3 ° 9 ′ 51.6 ″  E ) has medieval origins, but was supplemented in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the historicizing style . The ensemble of three stair towers on the southeast wing is pretty. The building, which is also privately owned, was recognized as a Monument historique in 2000 .
• Also, the Château de Beaumont ( 46 ° 37 '19 "  N , 3 ° 7' 37"  O ), the Château des Échardons ( 46 ° 36 '19 "  N , 3 ° 9' 22"  O ), the Château de La Pommeraye ( 46 ° 37 '13 "  N , 3 ° 6' 25"  O ) and the Château des Sacrots ( 46 ° 36 '20 "  N , 3 ° 9' 54"  O ) are in the municipality and are all in the list of Monuments Historiques registered.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 973-975.

Web links

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

• Agonges, sights - photos + brief information (French)
• Agonges, church - photos + information (French)
• Agonges, church - photos + information (French)
• Agonges, Château de Beaumont - photos + information (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Église Notre-Dame, Agonges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ↑ Domaine de l'Épine, Agonges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
3. ↑ Château de l'Augère, Agonges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
4. ↑ Château de Beaumont, Agonges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
5. ↑ Château des Échardons, Agonges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
6. ↑ Château de La Pommeraye, Agonges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
7. ↑ Château des Sacrots, Agonges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)