Brengues
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Figeac | |
| Canton | Causse et Vallées | |
| Community association | Grand Figeac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 150-392 m | |
| surface | 20.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 211 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46320 | |
| INSEE code | 46039 | |
| Website | www.brengues.org | |
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Brengues is a French commune with 211 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Figeac and the canton of Causse et Vallées (until 2015: canton of Livernon ).
According to Cassagne, the current name of the municipality is derived from the earlier name Bering (Landgut des Bero). The suffix "-ing" is of Germanic origin. The person may have been encouraged by the governor of the Roman province in the third or fourth century to emigrate in order to develop and cultivate new territory. More likely, Bero was a Visigothic or Frankish warrior who invaded the area with his army in the fifth or sixth century. Identification is difficult inasmuch as the Gallo-Romans gave themselves Germanic names in the High Middle Ages , as was the fashion at the time. In a church cadastre from the 13th century, the village was mentioned under the name Villa de Berengo . Some etymologists then concluded that the name of the community has its origin in "the lands of Mr. Béranger", others see the toponym as a "villa of the Gallo-Roman Berengus".
The inhabitants are called Brengois and Brengoises .
geography
Brengues is located about 16 kilometers west of Figeac in the historic province of Quercy in the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park .
Brengues is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:
| Espédaillac | Grèzes | |
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Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie |
| Saint-Chels | Gréalou | Béduer |
Brengues is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River . The Célé , a tributary of the Lot , loops through the area of the municipality from northeast to southwest.
Population development
After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 615 by the second half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to 150 inhabitants with brief recovery phases by the 1980s, before a growth phase that followed the Population stabilized at a level of around 200.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 183 | 169 | 158 | 150 | 159 | 175 | 212 | 192 | 211 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint-Saturnin
The apse and the western end of the original nave are remnants of a tenth or eleventh century church with rounded corners. A chapel was probably added on the north side in the second half of the 15th century. The building was fundamentally rebuilt in 1835. A new nave was built, which changed the previous easting to a north-south orientation . The stones from the Saint-Barthélemy church , which had been on the Causse, were reused . The vaults of the former church have been converted into chapels. The western end of the former nave now forms the first level of the bell tower that rises next to the building. The current apse was a side chapel before the renovation.
Castle ruins of the Anglais
Contrary to what its name "Castle of the English" suggests, the castle was never conquered by English mercenaries. Rather, the residents of the village used the fortress to protect themselves from attacks by armed troops. During the Huguenot Wars , the castle was used as a prison. The residents of Brengues had converted to Protestantism and kidnapped Catholics to demand ransom.
The part of the castle that is preserved today consists of two L-shaped walls on a rock ledge. Holes for the laying of supporting beams can be seen in the rock, as well as tunnels in which human bones and fossils of animals from prehistory have been found. The masonry bond and the shape of the window openings allow the construction of the main building to be dated to the 12th century. In the 17th century the Abbot de Fouilhac mentioned a fortified gate that was added in 1347. The southern gate, which is marked with a cross , could be this gate. Jacques-Antoine Delpon mentioned a second gate in 1831, which has now disappeared. The castle ruins have been registered as a monument historique since October 30, 1925 and are not accessible.
Manor house of Caudenac
The property, built in the 15th century, was sometimes mentioned in ancient writings under the name Capdenac . The fiefdom belonged to the baronate of Arnaud Barasc de Béduer in the 13th century. In the documents from 1272 Jean de Caudenat is mentioned, in the 17th century the Murat family owned the small fief. The building consists of two wings. A long gallery , protected by a canopy, runs along the first floor of the west facade. A small square tower made of half-timbered houses with a tent roof made of flat tiles flanks the southwest corner of the residential wing, which is covered with a mansard roof. The mansion is privately owned and not open to the public.
Dolmen
There are several dolmens in the municipality :
- Lapeyrière dolmen
- Fourques Hautes dolmen
- Fourques Basses dolmen
Economy and Infrastructure
Blue cheese Bleu des Causses
Rocamadour cheese
Brengues is located in the AOC zones of the blue cheese Bleu des Causses and Rocamadour , a cheese made from goat's milk .
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education
The community has a public primary school.
sport and freetime
The long-distance hiking trail GR 651 also leads through the center of Brengues. It is an alternative route to the Via Podiensis , one of the four Camino de Santiago in France.
traffic
Brengues can be reached via Routes départementales 13, 38, 41, 83 and 653, the former Route nationale 653 .
Web links
- Website of the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park (French)
- Information about the blue cheese Bleu des Causses (French)
- Information about the Rocamadour cheese (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Marie Cassagne: Villes et Villages en pays lotois ( fr ) Tertium éditions. Pp. 48, 49. 2013. Accessed June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Lot ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Ma commune: Brengues ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Notice Communale Brengues ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Brengues (46039) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Gilles Séraphin, Maurice SCELLES: église paroissiale Saint-Saturnin ( fr ) Départemental Lot. October 3, 2013. Accessed June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Le Château des Anglais ( fr ) municipality of Brengues. 2014. Accessed June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Gilles Séraphin, Maurice Scellés: Châteaufort, dit Château des Anglais ( fr ) Départemental Lot. January 2, 2015. Accessed June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Manoir de Caudenac ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Brengues (46039) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ L'alternative par la vallée du Célé ( fr ) Agence de Coopération Interrégionale et Réseau “Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle”. Retrieved June 5, 2019.