Allas-les-Mines

Allas-les-Mines Alàs
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Vallée Dordogne
Community association	Vallée de la Dordogne and Forêt Bessède
Coordinates	44 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 4 ′  E
height	56-250 m
surface	7.04 km 2
Residents	204 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	24220
INSEE code	24006
Allas-les-Mines - town view

Allas-les-Mines ( Occitan : Alàs ) is a town in southwestern France and a municipality with 204 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord in the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region .

location

Allas-les-Mines is about 20 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Sarlat-la-Canéda and 25 kilometers south of Montignac at an altitude of about 60 meters above sea level. d. M. on the south bank of the Dordogne .

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	236	198	185	203	224	208	202

In the 19th century, the place usually had well over 400 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture have led to a significant population decline since then.

economy

Up to the present day agriculture plays the biggest role in the economic life of the community: The viticulture that was formerly also practiced here was, however, completely abandoned after the phylloxera crisis; Tobacco and corn are also on the decline - instead walnut , chestnut and fruit trees dominate the region. Also foie gras ( foie gras ) and truffles are some of the culinary specialties of the region. Some vacant houses are rented out as holiday apartments ( gîtes ).

history

Church of Saint-Martin et Sainte-Croix - the side stair tower with its loopholes-like light openings contains a medieval spiral staircase .

Finds made in 1986 prove the existence of a country estate that was already producing wine in Roman times.

The first medieval mention of the place comes from the year 1218. During the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) the vice counts of Turenne had land at the foot of the place.

Because of a nearby brown coal mine , the place was given the nickname les Mines in 1910 ; However, mining was stopped in the 1950s.

Attractions

• The Saint Martin-Sainte-Croix church has a stern but imposing facade with a Gothic archivolt portal , a three-part bell gable ( clocher mur ) and a side stair tower . The single nave interior of the church has three bays and has been changed again and again over the centuries. Nevertheless, the building was recognized as a monument historique in 1984 .
• The rather unadorned Château de Ferrières , close to the town center, is a privately owned building from the 13th to 18th centuries. One wing was destroyed during the revolutionary years.
• The Château de Goudou , located outside of the village, essentially dates from the 15th to 17th centuries; it is also privately owned.

Surroundings

• The Château Les Milandes, rented by Josephine Baker in 1938 and bought in 1947, is located about four kilometers to the southeast.

Web links

Commons : Allas-les-Mines  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Allas-les-Mines, church - photos + short information (French)
• Allas-les-Mines, Château de Ferrières - photos + brief information (French)
• Allas-les-Mines, Château de Goudou - photos + brief information (French)
• Allas-les-Mines, Château de Goudou - photos + brief information (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Église Saint Martin et Sainte-Croix, Allas-les-Mines in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)