Badefols-sur-Dordogne

Badefols-sur-Dordogne Badafòu de Dordonha
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Bergerac
Canton	Lalinde
Community association	Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Coordinates	44 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 47'  E
height	35-180 m
surface	6.06 km 2
Residents	212 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	24150
INSEE code	24022
Website	http://www.mairie-badefols.com/
Badefols-sur-Dordogne - town view

Badefols-sur-Dordogne ( Occitan : Badafòu de Dordonha ) is a French municipality with 212 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Badefols-sur-Dordogne is located on the south bank of the Dordogne at an altitude of about 40 meters above sea level. d. M. in the west of the Dordogne department. The nearest larger town is Bergerac , the capital of the arrondissement, 27 kilometers to the east .

history

There was already a port on the river in Gallo-Roman times. The existence of a castle is likely as early as the 10th century. The first written mentions of the place under the names Badafol and Badefol come from the 13th century. In the 16th century, a large part of the population turned to Protestantism . In the 17th century the place name was Badeffou ; in 1952 the place was renamed from Badefols-de-Cadouin in Badefols-sur-Dordogne .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	174	173	143	150	188	187	195	213

In the 19th century, the community usually had well over 300 inhabitants. Due to the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the population fell to the lows in the 1970s and 1980s.

economy

Mauzac hydroelectric power station

In earlier times, the inhabitants of the community lived as a self-sufficient living from agriculture, which also included viticulture and the breeding of sheep and goats. A little below the village is a hydroelectric power station ( Centrale hydroélectrique de Mauzac ) , which is partly built over the Dordogne river .

Attractions

Cabanes de Coudounier

• The ruins of the medieval castle ( Château de Badefols ), surrounded by forest, dominate the small town.
• The 17th-century unassuming parish church ( Église Saint-Vincent ) was partly with the stones of the destroyed Protestant temple built and is surrounded by a over the chancel arch located belfry excessive.
• The stone huts of Cabanes de Coudounier and Cabane de Villeneuve , which have been recognized as Monuments historiques since 1991, are located in a forest about one and a half kilometers southwest of the village . The three circular buildings with their conical roofs are built using dry stone masonry technology , date from the 19th century and served as storage rooms for tools and as protection and sleeping rooms for people, i.e. H. especially for forest and field workers, who guarded the fields day and night from here at harvest time. Shepherds also stayed here at times.

Personalities

Seguin de Badefols (1330-1366) was the leader of a band of mercenaries and highwaymen (see Grandes Compagnies ) in the 1360s; H. in the initial phase of the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between France and England. In 1364 he led his troops (about 2000 men) alongside King Charles II of Navarre in the direction of Normandy , but turned away from Charles II at La Charité-sur-Loire and instead devastated the region between Lyon and Mâcon where he seized over 60 castles. Later he penetrated far into the Auvergne and plundered u. a. Clermont-Ferrand , Riom , Le Puy . In the last year of his life he withdrew to Gascon , and later to the Kingdom of Navarre , where he wanted to collect the - allegedly - outstanding wages from the King of Navarre for his services and those of his colleagues. However, he was probably poisoned on behalf of Charles II, who was considered to be completely unscrupulous.

Web links

Commons : Badefols-sur-Dordogne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Badefols-sur-Dordogne, church - photo
• Badefols-sur-Dordogne, church - photos

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cabane de Coudounier 1, Badefols-sur-Dordogne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ↑ Cabane de Coudounier 2, Badefols-sur-Dordogne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
3. ↑ Cabane de Villeneuve, Badefols-sur-Dordogne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)