Brigueuil

Brigueuil Briguelh
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Community association	Charente limousine
Coordinates	45 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 52'  E
height	190–347 m
surface	47.07 km 2
Residents	1,096 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	16420
INSEE code	16064
Website	Brigueuil
Brigueuil - city gate, alley and church

Brigueuil ( Occitan : Briguelh ) is a place and a community with 1,096 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets and individual farms .

location

The place Brigueuil is at an altitude of about 290 m above sea level. d. M. in the east of the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois , part of the Charente , at a short distance from the Haute-Vienne department and thus to the historical province of Limousin . The place is about 75 km (driving distance) in a north-easterly direction from the city of Angoulême ; On the other hand, it is only around 38 km to Limoges in a south-easterly direction. The river Goire , a tributary of the Vienne, has its source in the municipality .

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1999	2013
Residents	2.146	2,064	1,855	1,214	1.007	1,055

The continuous population decline in the late 19th and 20th centuries is mainly due to the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture on the one hand and the increasing mechanization of agriculture on the other.

economy

The place and its surroundings were dominated by agriculture for centuries; Most of the people lived on the produce of their fields and gardens as self-sufficient ; cattle breeding was also carried out on a small scale. Craftsmen and small traders also settled in the village. In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, viticulture was promoted, but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - it is no longer important today. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ).

history

In antiquity, the region formed the border between the settlement areas of the Celtic tribes of the Pictons and the Lemoviken , who lived further east ; both tribes were conquered by Caesar during the Gallic War .

In the 11th century, the place and its castle ( château ) belonged to the barony of Rochechouart . In the late Middle Ages, Brigueuil received a city wall ( remparts ). Until the French Revolution , the local church belonged to the diocese of Limoges . From 1567 to 1574 Brigueuil was under the influence of Protestantism .

Attractions

Saint-Martial church

• Many of the older houses in the town center ( bourg ) are built from rubble stones .
• The three-aisled parish church of Saint-Martial dates back to the 12th century. After the end of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), however, it was largely redesigned in the Gothic style - so the bell tower received one of the extremely rare domes in France (with the exception of Franche-Comté ) . Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1925 . The church contains a stone grave monument ( gisant ) for Marguerite de Chabot , which was placed under protection.
• In the churchyard there is one of the more common lights for the dead in western France ( lanterne des morts ). It is possibly from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century and was classified as a Monument historique in 1932 .
• Only the remains of a gate remain from the former castle.

outside

• In a barn in the hamlet of La Boulomie ( 45 ° 56 '37.3 "  N , 0 ° 54' 31.3"  O ) is an extraordinary Mausoleum ( Tombeau de Saint-Georges ) from the 12th century for an unnamed closer known person. The polygonal floor plan of the building is linked by some researchers with the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, which would allow it to be placed in the time of the Crusades . The mausoleum has been recognized as a monument historique since 1932 .

literature

• JB Pérucaud: Notices sur Brigueuil. Le Livre d'histoire 2011

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brigueuil - Viticulture
2. ↑ Église Saint-Martial, Brigueuil in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
3. ↑ Monument sépulcral de Marguerite de Chabot, Brigueuil in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
4. ↑ Lanterne des morts, Brigueuil in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
5. ↑ Mausolée, Brigueuil in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)