Audrix

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Audrix
Audrics
Audrix (France)
Audrix
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton Vallée Dordogne
Community association Vallée de l'Homme
Coordinates 44 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 57'  E
height 60–242 m
surface 6.22 km 2
Residents 278 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 45 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24260
INSEE code 24015

Church Saint-Pierre

Audrix ( Occitan : Audrics ) is a place and a municipality ( commune ) in southwestern France with 278 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the old cultural region of Périgord in the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region .

location

Audrix is ​​located in the Vézère valley just a few kilometers before it flows into the Dordogne at an altitude of about 220 m above sea level. d. M. about 27 kilometers (driving distance) west of Sarlat-la-Canéda or about 38 kilometers southwest of Montignac .

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 116 120 130 180 238 280 278

In the 19th century, the place usually had between 250 and 500 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture have since led to a significant decline in population, which, however, has turned into significant growth again since the 1960s due to the increasing tourism in the region.

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 maize are also on the decline - instead, fields and pastures, but also walnuts , chestnuts and fruit trees dominate the region. Also, truffles and foie gras are among the local products. Some vacant houses are rented out as holiday apartments ( gîtes ).

history

So far, no prehistoric finds have been made in the municipality that could attest to the presence of early humans. The place was probably settled for the first time in Gallo-Roman times. A medieval mention of the place under the name Audris comes from the 13th century.

Attractions

Gouffre de Proumeyssac
  • The Saint-Pierre church is a single-nave Romanesque building from the 12th century with a semicircular apse made of rubble stones , on which a polygonally broken bell storey, which was also used for defense purposes, was placed during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). The extremely unadorned facade is elevated by a rectangular gable ; a small round window illuminates the nave, which is covered with a wooden flat ceiling and has an entrance on the west as well as on the south side. The church building was recognized as a monument historique in 1973 .
  • A small late medieval market hall ( hall ) on wooden supports is located in the center of the village.
  • The cave Chasm of Proumeyssac ( 44 ° 53 '28 "  N , 0 ° 56' 7"  O ) has long been known; however, it was not thoroughly investigated until 1907. In the heavily calcareous atmosphere of the cave, a frame with various clay vessels can be seen, which will receive a petrified surface within a year and will be sold to tourists.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église Saint-Pierre, Audrix in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)