Auradou

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Auradou
Auradou coat of arms
Auradou (France)
Auradou
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton Le Pays de Serres
Community association Fumel Vallée du Lot
Coordinates 44 ° 20 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 20 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  E
height 69–222 m
surface 11.17 km 2
Residents 396 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47140
INSEE code 47017

Town hall ( Mairie ) of Auradou

Auradou is a French municipality with 396 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and the canton of Le Pays de Serres (until 2015: canton of Penne-d'Agenais ).

The name in the Occitan language is orador , which is derived from the Latin oratorium ( German  oratorium, chapel ).

The inhabitants are called Auratoriens and Auratoriennes .

geography

Auradou is about twelve kilometers southeast of Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the historic province of Agenais on the eastern edge of the department.

Auradou is surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

Penne-d'Agenais
Hautefage-la-Tour Neighboring communities Massoulès
Frespech

Auradou is located in the catchment area of ​​the Garonne River .

The Tancanne, a tributary of the Boudouyssou , crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributaries, the Ruisseau de Lartigue and the Ruisseau de Combe-Lou-Bas, which rises in Auradou.

Population development

At the beginning of the 19th century, the population rose to a high of around 655. In the following period, the size of the community fell to 220 inhabitants with short recovery phases up to the 1970s, before a phase of growth began that continues today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 238 227 220 256 311 258 342 380 396
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006
Allées funéraires in Grézac

Attractions

  • Parish church of Saint-Martin from the 12th century
  • Ruins of the parish church of Saint-Clair in the hamlet of Grézac from the 15th century
  • 16th century mansion Rivals
  • Ruins of the Lacalcinie mansion from the 16th century
  • Allées funéraires in Grézac, tombs from prehistory

Economy and Infrastructure

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 44

education

The municipality has a public preschool and primary school with 51 students in the 2018/2019 school year.

traffic

Auradou can be reached via Route départementale 103.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France ( fr ) Librairie Droz, Geneva. S. 1519. 1998. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Auradou ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ Lot-et-Garonne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Accessed January 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Ma commune: Auradou ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Accessed January 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Notice Communale Auradou ( fr ) EHESS . Accessed January 31, 2019.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Auradou (47017) ( fr ) INSEE . Accessed January 31, 2019.
  7. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Auradou (47017) ( fr ) INSEE . Accessed January 31, 2019.
  8. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Accessed January 31, 2019.