Bonneuil (Charente)
| Bonneuil | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Canton | Charente-Champagne | |
| Community association | Grand Cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 35 ′ N , 0 ° 8 ′ W | |
| height | 58-155 m | |
| surface | 13.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 260 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16120 | |
| INSEE code | 16050 | |
Bonneuil is a municipality in southwestern France with 260 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente department in the south of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Cognac and (since March 2015) to the canton of Charente-Champagne .
location
The municipality is located about seven kilometers west of Châteauneuf-sur-Charente , 8 km southeast of Segonzac , 14 km northeast of Archiac , about 20 km southeast of Cognac and about 24 km west of Angoulême . Neighboring municipalities are Bouteville in the north, Bellevigne in the south and east, Lignières-Sonneville in the south-west and Saint-Preuil in the north-west.
In addition to the small main settlement on the D 699 with the church and the mayor's office, the municipal area includes numerous small hamlets and farmhouses , including le Montet , la Bergère , le Maine Fayat, chez Biret , chez Ballan , chez Maroux , le Maine Panetier , the Logis de Flaville 1.2 km west-northwest of the town center and le Maine Androux . In addition, the castle Le Breuil about 1.2 km west-southwest of the town center belongs to the municipality.
The municipal area is crossed by the Route départementale 699 , which runs from Jonzac and Archiac in the southwest via Châteauneuf-sur-Charente to Angoulême in the northeast.
Place name
The current place name developed from Bonelum (around 800 BC) via Bonolio around 1100 and Bono Oculo around 1150. The name, originally probably Bonoialos , goes back to the Gaulish personal name Bonos or Bonus or the Latin adjective bonus (good) , with the Gallic suffix ialo ("field", "clearing"), which would mean either "field of bonos" or "good field".
Population development
In the first census in France in 1793, the place had 591 inhabitants, and in 1831 it reached its historic high of 631 people. Since the fourth quarter of the 19th century, however, the population has been falling almost continuously.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 362 | 373 | 345 | 302 | 245 | 248 | 247 | 260 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
economy
The cultivation of grain , vegetables and sunflowers and above all viticulture dominate the local economic life. The municipality belongs to the large area ( Crus ) of the "Grande Champagne" within the large growing area of the Cognac wines.
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint-Pierre
The parish church of Saint-Pierre with its crypt , which is no longer accessible today, dates from the end of the 12th or the beginning of the 13th century and was probably built on the site of a smaller previous building. The west facade has been classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) since 1952 . The Romanesque building remained practically unchanged until 1845, when the bell tower over the crossing collapsed and the dome of the transept and the vaulted choir tore down . The choir was initially abandoned and the crossing was renewed in 1847 without a tower tower. The choir was not renewed until 1893 and today's low, square bell tower was built on the crossing.
The floor plan of the church is cruciform, with a single nave and a small side chapel added to the north transept at the beginning of the 16th century . The main nave is spanned by a barrel vault, the belt arches of which sit on round columns supported by pilasters . The side walls have blind arcades , the arches of which also sit on round pillars supported by pilasters. The capitals are decorated. The south transept is covered by a four-ribbed vault from the 14th century, the northern one by a rib vault with lines . According to tradition, the small chapel on the north transept was that of the lords of Le Breuil; it was added at the end of the 15th century and has a pointed arch portal .
In the west facade there is a central step portal with four round arches on four semicircular columns with capitals. To the right and left are two blind doors, which are spanned by pointed arches also resting on semicircular columns with capitals. Four semicircular columns, on both sides of the portal and at the outer ends of the facade, rise up the facade and frame a large arched window in the middle of the upper half and a circular arched blind window on both sides .
Le Breuil Castle
Le Breuil Castle, surrounded by a moat fed by the Collinaud stream , was built around 1520 by Philippe d'Ingrandes, who lived there from 1508 to 1532. It is privately owned and is not open to the public.
The north facade is dominated by two round facade towers, one on the northeast corner and the other in the middle. The part of the castle, which extends from there to the southwest and is much more unadorned on its north side, was only built after the north-east part and the two towers had been completed. The portholes of the two towers and the roof in the north-east wing are richly decorated. a. with Renaissance - rocailles . The windows on the five-axis south side facing the terrace and courtyard are also richly designed. At the northwest corner of the building there is a hexagonal stair tower with a conical roof, richly decorated on the terrace side on its windows and the hatch , which towers above the ridge of the castle and the roofs of the other towers. On its west side there is a two-storey, semicircular bay window with its own conical roof, which contains a spiral staircase to the roof space of the tower. A two-storey farm wing is attached to the stair tower at a right angle to the south over the moat.
Personalities
- Marcelle Nadaud, teacher in Bonneuil in 1940; active in the Resistance against the German occupation in World War II ; deported and perished in the Ravensbrück concentration camp on April 12, 1944.
- Jules Noblet, Mayor of Bonneuil 1939–1944, and his wife Berthe; active in the Resistance against the German occupation in World War II; deported and perished in Neuengamme concentration camp on November 26, 1944 or in Ravensbrück concentration camp at the end of 1944.
Footnotes
- ↑ The municipality was formed on January 1, 2017 by amalgamating the previously independent municipalities of Éraville , Malaville , Nonaville , Touzac and Viville . The administrative headquarters are in Malaville.
- ↑ Cartulaire de Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- ↑ Paul-François-Étienne Cholet: Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Étienne de Baigne , Niort, L. Clouzot, 1868, pp. 509-511
- ↑ Jean Nanglard: Pouillé historique du diocèse d'Angoulême , Volume III, Despujols, Angoulême, 1900, p 336
- ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France , Librairie Guénégaud, Paris, 1989, ISBN 2-85023-076-6 , p. 95
- ^ A b Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre, Bonneuil, at Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Ministère français de la Culture
- ↑ Eglise Saint-Pierre, Bonneuil, at Monuments historiques
- ↑ Le Breuil Castle, at Monuments historiques
- ↑ Le Breuil Castle, at Monuments historiques
