Bougneau

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Bougneau
Bougneau (France)
Bougneau
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Jonzac
Canton Pons
Community association Haute-Saintonge
Coordinates 45 ° 36 ′  N , 0 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 36 ′  N , 0 ° 31 ′  W
height 7-102 m
surface 14.54 km 2
Residents 605 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 42 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 17800
INSEE code 17056

Notre-Dame church

Bougneau is a western French community with 605 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Bougneau is about 26 meters above sea level. d. M. at a distance of about 22 kilometers (driving distance) southeast of Saintes in the cultural landscape of the Saintonge . The capital of the canton, Pons , is about four kilometers to the southwest. The Seugne River flows past the town about a kilometer to the west. Other places with impressive Romanesque churches are only a few kilometers away: Pérignac , Avy , Échebrune , Chadenac , Biron , Marignac u. a.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 490 476 459 450 430 510 609

Since the first census in France in 1793, the population of the place has remained broadly stable. After the turn of the millennium - due to the proximity to the city of Pons - there was a slight increase in the number of inhabitants.

economy

Agriculture (grain and wine) still plays the major role in the economic life of the small community that is part of the Fins Bois wine-growing area in the Cognac region. In the 1970s and 1980s, the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) was added as a source of income for the population.

history

In 1826 the previously independent neighboring municipality of Montignac (approx. 150 inhabitants) merged with Bougneau.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bougneau

  • The church of Bougneau dates in part from the 11th century and is therefore one of the oldest in the Saintonge; However, it was fundamentally redesigned in the 15th century, so that little of the old church remained. The west facade, divided into two horizontal sections, is completely unadorned; the jagged portal and the figure frame above it were added in the late Gothic period (15th century) - as were the two buttresses on the side. Only the console frieze under the gable triangle is from the original construction period. The former single-nave interior of the church was extended by a side aisle on the north side in the 15th century (?); both parts have wooden ceilings. The crossing received a rib vault . The two-storey apse design seems to belong to the 12th century - both storeys have deep, three-dimensional blind arcades. The ground floor shows blind arcades with round arches, the upper floor shows a segmental arch in the middle , with two triangular 'bishop's hats ' ( arcs en miter ) on the side, which are widespread in the Tolosan area , but usually do not occur in the Saintonge. On the outside, the nave has several buttresses - added later for stabilization - and a rectangular sheathed apse. Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1913 .
  • There are two well-preserved and partially restored windmills in the vicinity of the village ( Moulin de Levreau and Moulin de Renclos ).

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 590-591.
  • Thorsten Droste : Poitou. Western France between Poitiers and Angoulême - the Atlantic coast from the Loire to the Gironde. DuMont, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-4456-2 , p. 227.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église Saint-Pierre, Bougneau in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)