Beauregard-et-Bassac

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Beauregard-et-Bassac
Beauregard-et-Bassac (France)
Beauregard-et-Bassac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Périgord Central
Community association Communes Isle et Crempse en Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 39 ′  E
height 125-229 m
surface 12.02 km 2
Residents 262 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24140
INSEE code 24031

Center of Beauregard-et-Bassac

Beauregard-et-Bassac is a French municipality with 262 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Périgueux (until 2016: Arrondissement Bergerac ) and the canton Périgord Central (until 2015: Canton Villamblard ).

The name in the Occitan language is Beuregard e Bassac . The first part of the name goes back to the North Occitan beu regard , which means “place with a wide view” and indicates the geographical location on a hill. The part of the name Bassac is of older origin and probably goes back to a family in Gallo-Roman times called "Bassus".

The inhabitants are called Beauregards and Beauregardes .

geography

Beauregard-et-Bassac is located about 25 km southwest of Périgueux and about 20 km northeast of Bergerac in the Landais region of the historic province of Périgord .

Beauregard-et-Bassac is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Saint-Maime-de-Péreyrol
Douville Neighboring communities Fouleix
Saint-Martin-des-Combes

Beauregard-et-Bassac lies in the catchment area of ​​the Dordogne river . The Crempse , one of its left tributaries, has its source in Beauregard-et-Bassac. The Tabac, a tributary of the Crempse, also irrigates the area of ​​the municipality.

history

The English King Edward I founded Beauregard in 1286 as a small bastide to better control the north of the Dordogne. 15 small villages around the bastide were under her. The settlement was destroyed by the English in the Hundred Years War , and devastated by Catholic and Protestant troops in the 16th century as part of the Huguenot Wars . In 1794, the communities of Beauregard and Bassac, two kilometers apart, were united to form the community of Beauregard-et-Bassac.

Toponymy

Toponyms and mentions of Beauregard were:

  • Bellus Regardus (1346),
  • Bel Regart and Bellus Respectus (1359, Collection de l'abbé de Lespine, volume 10),
  • Bellus Reguardus (1364),
  • Beauregard (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini and Notice Communale, respectively ).

Toponyms and mentions of Bassac were:

  • Bacaicum (852),
  • Bassacum (1268),
  • Beauregard (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini and Notice Communale, respectively ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of 700 in the first half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 195 inhabitants during brief recovery periods until the 1980s, before a moderate growth phase began, which in recently stagnated again.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 238 203 206 193 209 197 269 282 262
From 1962 official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2010

Attractions

Parish church in Beauregard

In the days of the Seigneurs of Beauregard, the chapel of the castle stood in their place . The current church was built in 1880.

Notre-Dame chapel in Bassac

Notre-Dame chapel in Bassac

St. Avitus (450-518) founded a hermitage next to a spring on the site of a pagan cult site . A Romanesque church dedicated to the Virgin Mary was built around the year 1000 . The porch was added in the 12th century. Over the centuries, the Huguenot Wars caused numerous damage to the church. The choir was restored in the Gothic style during the reconstruction and two side chapels were added. The church became the parish church and the center of important pilgrimages up to the French Revolution , which interrupted services for a few years. After the revolution, the residents of the community asked for pilgrimages to be reintroduced. In 1894 around 1,000 pilgrims from the surrounding communities flocked here to honor the Virgin Mary. Since then, a small gathering of believers has kept the memory alive on the first Sunday in September each year. In the choir there is a polychrome stone statue of the Virgin Mary from the 16th century, which replaces an earlier statue that has been lost. The side chapels contain side altars made of gilded or polychrome wood. The latter is decorated with a Maltese cross , the trigger of which is unknown. In 1986, during restoration work, a liter funéraire with five coats of arms of the Aubusson family were uncovered, who lived in Beauregard Castle from 1520 to the 18th century and owned goods in Bassac. Unfortunately, it was destroyed when the walls were sandblasted . In the background of the choir there are remains of the stone altar from the Romanesque period, which was badly damaged in the 19th century. The wooden altar in the choir was saved from Algeria and given to the congregation by Father Michel Ventose in 1997.

  • Notre-Dame chapel

  • Capitals at the entrance portal

  • Choir

  • Side altar of the north side chapel

  • Side altar of the south side chapel

Market hall

Market hall

It was built by the English in the 12th century. Its length is 20.30 m, its width 15 m, its height 10 m. 17 pillars support the roof structure, with the roof truss supported by seven thick girders. In the Middle Ages , a market was held here every Wednesday. An order from 1286 stipulated that the fixed prices had to be displayed on the stand. There were also fairs to mark the feast days of Saint Fronto of Périgueux , the Virgin Mary and the Assumption of Mary .

Beauregard Castle

The current castle near the source of the Crempse dates back to the 16th century and is a remnant of the bastide that was founded by the English king. It was owned by King Philip IV of France and subsequently passed into the hands of Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord and the Abzac and Aubusson families. In the 1960s, the building was finally used as a holiday camp.

Pomport Castle

The castle with a mill was built west of the bastide in the 16th century to supply it with food. The former home of the Bourdieu family is a few meters from the mill and shows traces of a fortification. It is a two-storey residential wing with twin windows. Two towers are added, one of which hides the stairwell. The most important tower is equipped with an arrow slit for cannons. The castle is privately owned and is not open to the public.

Dolmen La Pierre Levée

Dolmen La Pierre Levée

It is a burial chamber that dates back to between 3,500 BC. BC and 1,800 BC Was built by people of prehistory . It is located about 2 km west of the center of the municipality in the middle of the forest and faces south. The dolmen has been classified as a Monument historique since March 1, 1940 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Tourism is one of the most important economic factors in the municipality.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 34

education

The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 50 pupils in the 2018/2019 school year.

sport and freetime

  • The Circuit des Fontaines circular route is 12.1 km long with a difference in altitude of 74 m. It leads from the center through the area of ​​the municipality past springs and the dolmen La Pierre Levée .
  • Another circular route called Circuit de Peymira with a length of 6.4 km and a difference in altitude of 79 m leads on foot, by bike or on horseback from the center through the area of ​​the municipality, largely unpaved through wooded terrain.

traffic

Beauregard-et-Bassac can be reached via Routes départementales 21, 38 and 42 and via Route nationale 21 , which connects Périgueux with Bergerac.

Detail from Belleyme's map

Personalities

  • Pierre de Belleyme, born in Bassac in 1747, died in Paris in 1819 , was a cartographer in the service of the French King Louis XV. His most important work is the Carte de Belleyme named after him , which covered the province of Guyenne and whose first sheets were published in 1785.

Web links

Commons : Beauregard-et-Bassac  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c Beauregard-et-Bassac ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dordogne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ma commune: Beauregard-et-Bassac ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  5. ^ Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. S. 16. 1873. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  6. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ a b Notice Communale Beauregard-et-Bassac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  8. ^ Notice Communale Bassac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Beauregard-et-Bassac (24031) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  10. ↑ a b c Mairie de Beauregard et Bassac ( fr ) Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en Périgord. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  11. ↑ Mairie de Beauregard et Bassac ( fr ) Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en Périgord. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  12. ↑ Château de Beauregard et Bassac ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ Château de Pomport ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  14. ↑ Dolmen ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . September 22, 2015. Accessed October 2, 2018.
  15. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Beauregard-et-Bassac (24031) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  16. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  17. ↑ Le Circuit des Fontaines ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). March 21, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  18. ↑ Circuit de Peymira ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). March 21, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  19. ↑ Pierre de Belleyme (1747-1818) ( fr ) Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved October 2, 2018.