Aleyrac

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Aleyrac
Aleyrac (France)
Aleyrac
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Nyons
Canton Dieulefit
Community association Dieulefit-Bourdeaux
Coordinates 44 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E
height 318-571 m
surface 6.65 km 2
Residents 47 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26770
INSEE code 26003
Website www.aleyrac.fr

Mairie and Church

Aleyrac is a French municipality with 47 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .

geography

Aleyrac is located at an average altitude of 461 meters above sea ​​level on the southern edge of the Drôme department, 16 kilometers southeast of Montélimar , surrounded by the neighboring communities of Portes-en-Valdaine , Salles-sous-Bois and Souspierre . The municipality has an area of ​​6.65 square kilometers.

history

Notre-Dame d'Aleyrac Abbey Church

The Notre-Dame priory was first mentioned in 1105. In 1160, a meeting of several monastery leaders of the region took place in the women's monastery under the direction of the Bishop of Die . The priory was under the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains in Lyon . In 1295 13 people lived in the monastery, which had mainly forestry income, as it shared the seigneurial rights with the Count des Valentinois . In the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), around 1380, the nuns fled to Valréas and the priory was burned and looted. In 1437 the priory was finally dissolved and its properties handed over to the collegiate monastery of Sainte-Croix in Montélimar , which in 1528 sold the Seigneurie Aleyrac to the Baron von Grignan .

In 1793, during the French Revolution , Aleyrac received the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government. The community had the highest number of inhabitants (103) in 1831. In 1946 it had only 20 inhabitants, after which the number of inhabitants rose again slightly.

Population development

year 1793 1831 1856 1866 1911 1921 1946 1954 1982 1990 1999 2008 2016
Residents 85 103 66 89 70 45 20th 30th 29 39 45 48 46

Attractions

Local products

There are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for Picodon and Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for lamb (Agneau de Sisteron) , guinea fowl (Pintadeau de la Drôme) , poultry (Volailles de la Drôme) , honey (Miel de Provence) , garlic in the municipality (Ail de la Drôme) and red , white and rosé wine (Comtés Rhodaniens, Drôme and Méditerranée) .

literature

  • Andreas Hartmann-Virnich: La priorale Notre-Dame d'Aleyrac . In: Société Archéologique de France (ed.): Congrès archéologique de France . 150e session, 1992, Moyenne vallée du Rhône. Paris 1996, p. 9-21 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Le village d'Aleyrac. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 8, 2011 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Aleyrac - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 11, 2011 (French).