Auriac-de-Bourzac

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Auriac-de-Bourzac
Auriac-de-Bourzac (France)
Auriac-de-Bourzac
local community Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Coordinates 45 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  E
Post Code 24200
Former INSEE code 24017
Incorporation 1st January 1973

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Auriac-de-Bourzac is a village and a former French commune with the last 157 inhabitants (1968) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ).

On January 1, 1973, the municipality was incorporated into the municipality of Nanteuil-de-Bourzac, which from then on bears the name Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac .

The name in the Occitan language is Auriac de Borzac . The two parts of the name are derived from the names of the owners "Aureus" or "Bursius" or "Burtius" of estates in Gallo-Roman times .

geography

Auriac-de-Bourzac is located approx. 45 km northwest of Périgueux in the Ribéracois region of the historic province of Périgord on the western border with the neighboring Charente department .

Toponymy

Toponyms and mentions of Auriac-de-Bourzac were:

  • Auriac (church register),
  • Auriacum (1365, font collection of the Abbé de Lespine),
  • Auriac (1750, 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale or Bulletin des Lois ),
  • Auriac-de-Bourzac (1873, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne).

Population development

After the beginning of the records, the population rose to a high of around 510 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the population fell to 157 inhabitants during short recovery phases until the incorporation.

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Source: EHESS / Cassini

Web links

Commons : Auriac-de-Bourzac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Notice Communale Auriac-de-Bourzac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. S. 8, 1873. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  5. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 9, 2018.