Bonnes (Charente)

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Bonnes
Bona
Coat of arms of Bonnes
Bonnes (France)
Bonnes
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Angoulême
Canton Tude-et-Lavalette
Community association Lavalette Tude Dronne
Coordinates 45 ° 14 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 14 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  E
height 32-136 m
surface 14.76 km 2
Residents 406 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16390
INSEE code 16049
Website Bonnes

Bonnes - townscape with church

Bonnes ( Occitan : Bona ) is a municipality and a town with 406 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the western French department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

The place Bonnes lies on the river Dronne in the cultural landscape of the Angoumois at an altitude of about 50 m above sea level. d. M. and is about 52 km (driving distance) south from the city of Angoulême and approx. 75 km south-east from the city of Cognac .

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 960 964 659 482 333 397

The population decline in the late 19th and first half of the 20th century is mainly due to the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .

economy

While the residents of the village lived for centuries on the yields of their fields and gardens, viticulture was promoted in the late Middle Ages and early modern times , which was discontinued after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In contrast, tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ) plays a not insignificant role in the economic survival of the municipality.

history

The place on a branch of the Way of St. James ( Via Turonensis ) belonged in the Middle Ages to the manorial rule ( seigneurie ) of Aubeterre .

Attractions

Château de Bonnes
  • The parish church of Saint-Pierre et Sainte-Radegonde dates back to the 13th century; In the 16th century the portal was redesigned in the late Gothic style, and the bell tower and two side chapels were added, which look like a transept . The present vestibule with its wooden supports seems to be a work of the 18th or 19th century. The single-nave church has been recognized as a monument historique since 1995 .
  • The Château de Bonnes is in the center of the village. It is a rather simple palace from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century, which is also in a neglected condition. Parts of the privately owned building have been recognized as a monument historique since 1974 .

Community partnerships

Web links

Commons : Bonnes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eglise Saint-Pierre et Sainte-Radegonde, Bonnes in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Château, Bonnes in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)