Aillac

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Aillac
Aillac (France)
Aillac
local community Carsac-Aillac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda
Coordinates 44 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 18 ′  E
Post Code 24200
Former INSEE code 24003
Incorporation February 1961

View of Aillac

Aillac is a former French commune with the last 127 inhabitants (1954) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ).

Aillac was incorporated into the municipality of Carsac-de-Carlux in February 1961, which from then on bears the name Carsac-Aillac , and has been one of its districts ever since.

The name in the Occitan language is Alhac and goes back to a person called "Allius" in Gallo-Roman times .

geography

Aillac is located about eight kilometers south-east of Sarlat-la-Canéda in the Périgord noir region of the historic province of Périgord on the south-eastern edge of the department.

Toponymy

Toponyms and mentions of Aillac were:

  • Castrum de Allac (1214, after Baluze),
  • Alhac (1251, will of Raymond de Turenne ),
  • Alliacum (1283),
  • Alhacum (1364, font collection of the Abbé de Lespine),
  • Aillac (1750 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale and Bulletin des Lois, respectively ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to an initial high of 380 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the population fell, but briefly reached an absolute high of around 415 inhabitants in the second half of the same century. In the period that followed, the size of the community sank to 127 inhabitants during short recovery phases until it was incorporated.

Source: EHESS / Cassini

Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Today's church, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary , was built in the 15th century, probably as a replacement for an earlier building, as a stoup from the 12th century suggests. Your nave is three bays long , with the last opening to two side chapels . The apse has a polygonal finish. Hangings are decorated with plant motifs or human figures. The original entrance was on the west. The entrance portal, which is now closed, is located under a pointed arch , the simple rod decoration of which extends to the floor. The western facade is closed at the top with a triangular bell gable, which is interrupted by four wall openings, with the two lower bells concealing the two bells. The church has been inscribed as a Monument historique since October 21, 1970 .

  • South side

  • apse

  • West facade

  • Today's entrance

  • Consoles at the entrance

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carsac-Aillac ( fr , PDF) Carsac-Aillac municipality. December 11, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 3. 1873. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  4. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Notice Communale Aillac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  6. ^ Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption d'Aillac ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . September 22, 2015. Accessed November 3, 2018.