Bunzac

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Bunzac
Bunzac (France)
Bunzac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Angoulême
Canton Val de Tardoire
Community association La Rochefoucauld-Porte du Périgord
Coordinates 45 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E
height 77-131 m
surface 13.32 km 2
Residents 463 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16110
INSEE code 16067

Bunzac - the townscape

Bunzac is a southwestern French community with 463 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Bunzac is about 110 meters above sea level. d. M. and about 21 kilometers (driving distance) northeast of Angoulême or about 5 kilometers south of La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois with La Rochefoucauld . The neighboring town of Pranzac (approx. 4 kilometers south) is also worth seeing.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 348 322 314 332 309 426 465

At the first census in France in 1793, the place had 480 inhabitants; thereafter the population remained more or less stable.

economy

Bunzac lives mainly from agriculture and viticulture. The place still belongs to the area of ​​the Bons Bois in the far east of the Cognac growing area . Since the 1970s, the rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ) has been an important source of income for the place.

history

As the Romanesque church proves, the place was already settled in the Middle Ages.

Attractions

Bunzac - Notre-Dame Church (formerly also Saint-Symphorien)
  • The single-nave Romanesque church Notre-Dame (formerly also Saint-Symphorien) dates back to the 12th century and stands on the eastern edge of the municipality. It is essentially built from only roughly hewn stones, which at least allow a masonry bond; Buttresses , window frames and corners are made of smooth and precisely hewn stones. The west facade of the church has a - completely new unit for the 19th century - repeatedly stepped back, otherwise, however, completely unadorned archivolts portal with selected columns; there is a window above it. The squat looking, square crossing tower with two sound openings in each of the four cardinal directions is noteworthy. The church has two transept arms and an apsidal choir closure with three - comparatively large - windows; Both parts are set off from a large choir arch of the barrel-vaulted nave. The church building was added to the list of Monuments historiques in 1934.
  • To the left of the west portal of the church is a stone pedestal with a monolithic column shaft and a cross.
  • Only a garden ground floor with a double curved staircase has survived from the former Château des Deffends .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église, Bunzac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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