Bourg-des-Maisons
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Bourg-des-Maisons Borg de Maisons |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux | |
| Canton | Ribérac | |
| Community association | Pays Ribéracois | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 20 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 119-216 m | |
| surface | 8.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 68 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 8 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24320 | |
| INSEE code | 24057 | |
| Website | Bourg-des-Maisons | |
 Bourg-des-Maisons - Église Sainte-Marie |
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Bourg-des-Maisons ( Occitan Borg de Maisons ) is a commune with 68 people (at January 1, 2017) of the northwestern department Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Périgueux and the canton of Ribérac . It consists of two hamlets (hameaux) and some individual farms (fermes) .
Location and climate
The place Bourg-des-Maisons is located in the Périgord vert almost 36 km (driving distance) northwest of Périgueux at an altitude of about 160 m . The city of Angoulême is another 50 km to the northwest. The climate is moderate, rain (approx. 875 mm / year) falls over the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2015 |
| Residents | 286 | 273 | 181 | 149 | 78 | 65 |
The continuous decline in population in the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms.
economy
The community is traditionally agriculturally oriented; the residents lived on a self-sufficient basis for centuries . A quarry is being exploited in the north of the municipality .
history
It is unclear whether the place already existed at the time the priory church was built or only developed later.
Attractions
- The outwardly unadorned, largely still Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie was built in the 11th and 12th. Century and was originally a priory church because of its size and the predominantly precise stone work. The church building has a flat end of the choir and a recessed baroque bell gable (clocher mur) ; the west portal - probably built in later - is crowned by a pointed arch . The nave is vaulted; the yoke in front of the choir is domed . In the choir there are remains of frescoes from the 14th and 16th centuries; a Christ-bearing Christophorus can still be recognized. The church has been recognized as a monument historique since 1913 .
- The Château de Tinteillac dates from the 15th and 17th centuries. While one of the two late medieval towers still ends with a battlement , the residential wing ( logis ) was later renovated in simple Renaissance forms . In the course of the French Revolution , the country castle was partially destroyed, but a pigeon house (colombier) built on a circular floor plan has survived the time.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bourg-des-Maisons - Map with altitude information .
- ↑ Bourg-des-Maisons / Ribérac - climate tables
- ^ Bourg-des-Maisons - Église Sainte-Marie in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Bourg-des-Maisons - Château de Tinteillac