Amailloux

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Amailloux
Amailloux (France)
Amailloux
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Parthenay
Canton La Gâtine
Community association Parthenay-Gâtine
Coordinates 46 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W
height 139-221 m
surface 37.24 km 2
Residents 827 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 79350
INSEE code
Website Amailloux

Amailloux - Château Tennessus

Amailloux is a place and a western commune with 827 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Deux-Sevres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets and individual farms.

location

The place Amailloux is located in the historical landscape of the Gâtiné poitevine at an altitude of about 170 m above sea level. d. M. about 14 kilometers (driving distance) northwest of Parthenay and about 20 kilometers southeast of Bressuire .

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 659 950 1,333 1,000 720 867

The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to job losses as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived on the yields of their fields and gardens as self-sufficiency . Viticulture and livestock farming were also practiced to a small extent. Agriculture continues to play a leading role in the municipality's economic life.

history

The history of the place can be traced back to Roman or Gallo-Roman times when a road from Nantes ( Portus Namnetum ) to Poitiers ( Pictavium ) led through what is now the municipality.

The place name Amallo is mentioned for the first time in 1095 . In the late Middle Ages, the place and church were closely connected to the Abbeys of Airvault and Parthenay. Amailloux was the first place that was plundered and set on fire by General Westermann's revolutionary troops during the Vendée uprising (1793–1796) .

Attractions

Church Saint-Etienne
outside
  • The Château de Tennessus is located about 4 km southeast of the village ( 46 ° 42 ′ 50 ″  N , 0 ° 16 ′ 42 ″  W ) and was built in the 14th and 15th centuries - moats ( douves ) and parts of the one mighty keep ( donjon ) tapering drawbridge are still preserved; in the 18th century the living quarters ( corps de logis ) were modernized. The building is privately owned and was classified as a Monument historique in 1943 .
  • The one and a half kilometers west located in the hamlet about FOUGERIT standing Château de FOUGERIT dates from the 14th century; here, too, the moat and drawbridge have been preserved. The building is also privately owned.
  • Two other castles ( Château de Villebouin and Château de Villegué ) are only preserved as ruins.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Château de Tennessus, Amailloux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)