Benayes
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Benayes Benaias |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Corrèze | |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
| Canton | Uzerche | |
| Community association | Pays de Lubersac-Pompadour | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 31 ′ N , 1 ° 28 ′ E | |
| height | 333-479 m | |
| surface | 23.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 228 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 19510 | |
| INSEE code | 19022 | |
| Website | Benayes | |
 Benayes - Chateau de Forsac |
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Benayes ( Occitan Benaias ) is one of the main village and several hamlets (hamlets) and individual farms (fermes) existing commune with 228 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the west of the department of Corrèze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ) .
Location and climate
The place Benayes is about 88 km (driving distance) northeast of Périgueux and almost 50 km southeast of Limoges at an altitude of about 405 m ; The Auvézère River flows through the municipality . The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 1015 mm / year) falls over the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2015 |
| Residents | 560 | 950 | 923 | 600 | 310 | 235 |
The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms.
economy
The community is still largely agricultural, with cattle breeding playing a major role. Small traders, craftsmen and service providers have settled in the village. Some of the vacant houses have been rented out as holiday homes ( gîtes ) since the 1960s .
history
There are several Gallo-Roman sites in the area around Benayes . Around the year 1000, a priory of the Abbey of Saint-Martial in Limoges was built, from which the current parish church of Saint-Maurice emerged .
Attractions
- The Église Saint-Maurice dates from the 13th or 14th century. The single-nave building has a two-part bell gable (clocher mur) over an otherwise unadorned west facade. The inner walls of the building are provided with joint paintings; the roof structure consists of a carpenter's structure with tie rods .
- Surroundings
- That km on a hill about 1 (distance) east of the village located Château de Forsac ( 45 ° 31 '15 " N , 1 ° 28' 49" O ) already existed in the 13th century. After fires and other destruction during the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) and the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598), it was rebuilt in the late 16th century. The castle underwent extensive modernization towards the end of the 19th century.
- A spring (Font-Faure) located in the forest not far from the castle is said to have a healing effect. It is the destination of an annual pilgrimage.
