Beauronne

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beauronne
Beurona
Beauronne (France)
Beauronne
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Vallée de l'Isle
Community association Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord
Coordinates 45 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 23 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 23 ′  E
height 51-150 m
surface 19.24 km 2
Residents 372 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24400
INSEE code

Beauronne - the townscape with the Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church

Beauronne ( Occitan Beurona ) is a place and several hamlets (hamlets) existing and farmsteads community with 372 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the southern French department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Beauronne is located on the river of the same name approx. 38 km (driving distance) southwest of Périgueux and approx. 78 km south of Angoulême in the historic province of Périgord at an altitude of approx. 72 m above sea level. d. The climate is temperate and is influenced equally by the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains of the Massif Central .

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 625 810 675 451 310 353

The continuous population decline since the second half of the 19th century is mainly due to the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture as well as the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The place and its surroundings were dominated by agriculture for centuries; Most of the people lived on the produce of their fields and gardens as self-sufficient ; livestock and viticulture were also practiced. Craftsmen, small traders and service providers of all kinds have settled in the village. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ) .

history

As the Romanesque church suggests, the place was settled in high medieval times; perhaps during the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) or afterwards the nave of the church was raised and fortified.

Attractions

The parish church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité comes from the 12th century; It can be assumed that the side buttresses and the four-storey crossing tower with its bell storey open on all sides are original. Clearly recognizable, however, is the extension of the nave to an escape room with a double window in the west. In the interior of the apse there are half-columns as wall templates; the nave , on the other hand, only has blind arcades on pillars . Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1926 .

Web links

Commons : Beauronne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Beauronne - Map with altitude information
  2. Périgueux / Beauronne - climate tables
  3. Beauronne - Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)