Bouillac (Dordogne)
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Dordogne | |
Arrondissement | Bergerac | |
Canton | Lalinde | |
Community association | Communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 55 ′ E | |
height | 121-243 m | |
surface | 12.34 km 2 | |
Residents | 122 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 24480 | |
INSEE code | 24052 | |
Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church |
Bouillac is a French municipality with 122 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Bergerac and the canton Lalinde (until 2015: canton Le Buisson-de-Cadouin ).
The name in the Occitan language is Bolhac and goes back to a country estate in Gallo-Roman times that belonged to a certain "Bullius" or "Billius".
The inhabitants are called bouillacois and bouillacoises .
geography
Bouillac is located about 35 km southeast of Bergerac and about 30 km southwest of Sarlat-la-Canéda in the historic province of Périgord on the southern edge of the department.
Bouillac is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin | Urval | |
Montferrand-du-Périgord | Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic | |
Saint-Avit-Rivière |
Bouillac lies in the catchment area of the Dordogne river . The Couze , one of its left tributaries, crosses the territory of the municipality. The Ségurel, a tributary of the Couze, has its source in Bouillac.
history
Toponymy
Toponyms and mentions of Bouillac were:
- Bolhac (1280, Cadouin Archives),
- Maria de Bolhas (15th century, Collection de l'abbé de Lespine ),
- Boliac (1560),
- Boulliac (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini , or Notice Communale ),
- Bouillat (1801, Bulletin des Lois ),
- Boulliac (1873, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ).
Population development
After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 400 in the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 100 inhabitants during short recovery phases up to the 1980s, before the slight growth that started today still persists.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 | 2017 |
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Residents | 131 | 139 | 115 | 97 | 114 | 119 | 121 | 125 | 122 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint Pierre ès Liens
The church, dedicated to St. Peter in Chains, was originally built in the 12th century.
Bouillac Castle
It is the former domicile of the Chantal family. The property was mentioned as a castle in the 19th century. It has an imposing square tower with a hipped roof . Today the castle is privately owned and not open to the public.
Bourdoux Castle
It impresses with its medieval appearance with a curtain wall and numerous towers. The castle has architectural elements from both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance with its battlements , machicolations , twin windows and ducars . The fully restored castle is now privately owned and not open to the public.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is shaped u. a. from growing tobacco , dairy farming and poultry farming.
Bouillac is located in the AOC zones of the Noix du Périgord , the walnuts of the Périgord, and the nut oil of the Périgord.
sport and freetime
- The GR 36, a long-distance hiking trail from Ouistreham in Normandy to Bourg-Madame in the eastern Pyrenees , runs through the territory of the municipality.
- The Boucle de la Forêt - Saint Marcory loop is 17.2 km long with a difference in altitude of 109 m. It runs through the areas of the communes of Bouillac, Saint-Avit-Rivière and Saint Marcory.
traffic
Bouillac is crossed by Route départementale 26, which connects the commune with Saint-Avit-Rivière in the west and connects to Route départementale 53 in the east, which connects the communes of Pays de Belvès and Monpazier .
Web links
- Bouillac on the association's website (French)
- Information on Périgord walnuts and Périgord nut oil (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Bouillac ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Dordogne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Ma commune: Bouillac ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 35, 1873. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Bouillac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Bouillac (24052) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Bouillac (24052) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ Église Saint Pierre ès Liens ( fr ) Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Château de Bouillac ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Château des Bourdoux ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Mairie de Bouillac ( fr ) Pays de Bergerac. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Bouillac (24052) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ GR36 - Randonnée de Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (Dordogne) à Prayssac (Lot) ( fr ) gr-infos.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Boucle de la Forêt - Saint Marcory ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). April 18, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.