Angeac Champagne

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Angeac Champagne
Angeac-Champagne coat of arms
Angeac-Champagne (France)
Angeac Champagne
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement cognac
Canton Charente-Champagne
Community association Grand Cognac
Coordinates 45 ° 36 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 36 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W
height 17-83 m
surface 14.27 km 2
Residents 509 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 36 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16130
INSEE code 16012

Angeac-Champagne - Château de Roissac

Angeac-Champagne is a French commune with 509 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente department in the south of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Charente-Champagne . The addition of "Champagne" to the name refers to the location of the place in the Grande Champagne , the best growing area for cognac .

location

Angeac-Champagne is about twelve kilometers (driving distance) southeast of the city of Cognac at an altitude of 40 to 70 meters above sea level. d. M. Neighboring municipalities of Angeac-Champagne are Gensac-la-Pallue (6.5 kilometers northeast), Segonzac (8.5 kilometers east), Juillac-le-Coq (4.5 kilometers southeast), Saint-Fort-sur-le -Né (4.5 kilometers south), Salles-d'Angles (3.5 kilometers west) and Genté (2.5 kilometers northwest).

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 489 470 439 473 499 494 509

At the first census in France in 1793, the place had 315 inhabitants; In the middle of the 19th century, the population temporarily rose to over 900 and after the end of the phylloxera crisis (approx. 1865–1885), which resulted in a significant decline in population in almost all wine-growing regions in France, it fell to around 600. After the Second World War there were only about 500 inhabitants.

economy

Agriculture and especially viticulture have always played an important role in the Charente villages. While cereals, vegetables and oilseeds ( sunflowers ) were mainly grown for their own needs, one could earn good money with the export of wine (later also brandy) to England, Scotland and other countries in Northern Europe, although the winegrowers with the less Part of the earnings had to be satisfied. Today the south bank of the Charente near Salles-d'Angles is part of the Grande Champagne location within the large Cognac wine-growing area.

history

Protohistoric round trenches are in the districts of Penchant de Lorimont and l'Houme , and angular ones in Les Chirons . Roman villas are believed to be in the hamlets of Les Puits d'Angeac and la Chabanne , and a medieval house in Les Branges . Remains of a house, which was estimated to be in the first half of the 9th century, were found in 1904, but the exact location was forgotten again. This could be the “Andiacum” farm, which Ludwig the Pious in 796 (at that time still King of Aquitaine) described as one of his winter residences, but which he will only be in every fourth year so as not to overload their economic power. Charlemagne himself stayed here a quarter of a century earlier, in July 769. Andiacum is also mentioned in a poem by Ermoldus Nigellus .

In the Middle Ages Angeac was a settlement of the Knights Templar , later it belonged to the Marquisat d'Archiac , which often changed the owning family. In 1793, the municipality of Angeac, which at that time still belonged to the canton of Salles, was created from several hamlets. In 1801 Angeac took the addition of Champagne to distinguish it from the nearby Angeac-Charente and was added to the canton of Segonzac.

Saint Vivien Church
Logis d'Angeac
Washing area u. Cattle trough

Attractions

  • The origins of the parish church of Saint-Vivien go back to the 11th century, but the current building mainly dates from the 12th (tower and nave), 16th (buttresses and conversion to a fortified church) and 19th (windows and vaults) . The single nave nave with its narrow windows is vaulted with a pointed barrel and has a flat end of the choir with a tracery window . The building has been included in the list of historical monuments since 1986 .
  • The Logis d'Angeac country estate partly dates back to the 16th century. However, it was repaired or rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries. It has also been recognized as a Monument historique since 1986.
  • The Manoir de Lorimont dates from the 19th century. It is privately owned and has been registered as a Monument historique since 1986.
  • A predecessor of the Roissac Castle ( Château de Roissac in French ) probably dates back to Gallo-Roman times. The existence of a medieval castle in Roissac is documented. Today's Roissac Castle with its towering mansard roof dates from the 18th century. It was rebuilt around 1830 and has been recognized as a Monument historique since 1989. The building is privately owned.
  • The fountain in Roissac with its stone water basins arranged in a row served both as a washing area ( French lavoir ) and as a cattle trough ( French abreuvoir ). It was built around 1850 and has been registered as a Monument historique since 1986.
  • Several farmhouses and mills in the area are also of historical value.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Vernou, La Charente, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, collection “Carte archéologique de la Gaule”, 1993, pp. 201–203 ( ISBN 2-87754-025-1 )
  2. ↑ Ministère de la Culture - Mérimée, IA00041978 ( http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/mersri_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=IA00041978 )
  3. ^ Astronomus , Vita Hludowici, on the year 796
  4. ^ D Kar 1 059, July 769
  5. ↑ "Ad Pippinum lively" Verse 7-14, in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Ermoldi Nigelli carmina. Poetae Latini medii aevi 2: Poetae Latini aevi Carolini (II). Published by Ernst Dümmler . Berlin 1884, pp. 79/80; see also: Sigurd Abel . Yearbooks of the Frankish Empire under Charlemagne. Continued by Bernhard von Simson . Volume 2: 789-814 (Yearbooks of German History). 1866. Reprint 2005. Footnote page 90/91. ISBN 1-4212-4550-7
  6. ↑ http://jm.ouvrard.pagesperso-orange.fr/armor/fami/a/archiac.htm
  7. ↑ Angeac-Champagne, Église Saint-Vivien in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  8. ↑ Angeac-Champagne, Logis d'Angeac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  9. ↑ Angeac-Champagne, Manoir de Lorimont in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  10. ↑ Angeac-Champagne, Château de Roissac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  11. ↑ Angeac-Champagne, Château de Roissac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  12. ↑ Angeac-Champagne, Fontaine in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  13. ↑ Farmhouses and mills in the area

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