Boisne-La Tude

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Boisne-La Tude
Boisné-La Tude (France)
Boisne-La Tude
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Angoulême
Canton Tude-et-Lavalette
Community association Lavalette Tude Dronne
Coordinates 45 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E
height 89-203 m
surface 34.25 km 2
Residents 693 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16320
INSEE code

Town hall ( Mairie ) of Boisné-La Tude

BOISNE-La Tude is a French municipality with 693 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Angoulême , the canton Tude-et-Lavalette and the municipality association Lavalette Tude Dronne, founded in 2017 .

Boisné-La Tude was formed on January 1, 2016 from the previously independent municipalities Charmant , Chavenat and Juillaguet . The administrative headquarters are in Charmant.

geography

Boisné-La Tude is located in the south of the historic province of Angoumois , about 14 kilometers south of Angoulême . Boisné-La Tude is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fouquebrune in the north, Magnac-Lavalette-Villars in the northeast, Ronsenac in the east and southeast, Gurat in the southeast, Montmoreau in the south and southwest and Chadurie in the west and northwest.

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area (km²) Population (2017)
Charming (administrative headquarters) 16082 17.15 349
Chavenate 16092 09.83 187
Juillaguet 16172 07.27 157

Attractions

Charming

Église Notre-Dame
Transept and apses
  • The nave of the Romanesque parish church ( Église Notre-Dame ) with its small, high-rise windows is still attributed to the late 11th century when the building was the chapel of a Templar commandery; the apse, richly structured by arcades and decorated with console figures, as well as the transept with its side apses are clearly the work of the 12th century, i.e. high Romanesque. The square crossing tower and its octagonal pointed helmet were repaired and partially renewed after severe storm damage in 1843. The otherwise rather simply designed portal of the church presents an unusual, with a column Fries and a diamond bar designed archivolt ; in Portalgewände and in the left-most of them blind arcade are Templar crosses carved. The single, spanned by an open roof nave ends in a chancel arch of the, crossing over passes and the transept whose three apses along a triumphal arch scheme to train. The lower part of the central apse is divided by seven blind arcades, three of which are windowed; In the dome there are remains of baroque frescoes. The lateral apses are not structured inside and outside and each have only one small east window. Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1846 .
  • Immediately next to the church is the so-called Château de Charmant - the former Templar Commandery or the main building of the former priory with a remarkable Renaissance facade and rectangular windows with crosses dates from the 16th century in its current form. The portal, which is flanked by two pillars, is elevated by a balcony-like attachment with heraldic shields and a transverse oval oculus . The privately owned building complex was recognized as a Monument historique in 1925 .

Chavenate

  • The unadorned and undivided apse of the parish church of Chavenat ( Église Saint-Cybard ) and the nave with its small windows date from the 11th century. The facade, designed according to a triumphal arch scheme with its well-preserved console frieze below the gable, is a work of the 12th century. The crossing tower and the stair tower accompanying it were renewed in the 19th century. Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1996 .
Domaine de Chénard (portal)
Domaine de Chénard (lodging)
  • The approximately two kilometers south preferred Domaine de Chénard ( 45 ° 26 '36 "  N , 0 ° 11' 17"  O ) is a two-storey building complex pflanzenumrankter with a two-tower historicising entrance from the first quarter of the 19th century. The building and its garden, which was laid out in the 1920s, is privately owned and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1992 .

Juillaguet

Chateau
  • The single-nave Romanesque parish church ( Église Saint-Hilaire ) dates back in part to the 12th century, but it was later changed several times - u. a. two side chapels were added. The simple bell gable also seems to be a later addition.
  • The two-storey Château de Juillaguet (often also referred to as Logis ) is - hidden behind bushes and trees - in the center of the village and is privately owned.

Web links

Commons : Boisné-La Tude  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. French Statistics Institute ( www.insee.fr )
  2. Église Notre-Dame, Charmant in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ^ Prieuré ancienne, Charmant in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. Église Saint-Cybard, Chavenat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. Domaine de Chénard, Chavenat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)