Calviac-en-Périgord
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Calviac-en-Périgord Calviac de Perigòrd |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda | |
| Canton | Terrasson-Lavilledieu | |
| Community association | Pays de Fénelon | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 20 ′ E | |
| height | 60–245 m | |
| surface | 14.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 510 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24370 | |
| INSEE code | 24074 | |
| Website | Calviac-en-Périgord | |
 Church Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens |
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Calviac-en-Périgord ( Occitan : Calviac de Perigòrd ) is a place and a community ( commune ) in southwestern France consisting of several hamlets (hameaux) and individual farms with 510 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord in the Dordogne department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
location
Calviac is on the north bank of the Dordogne at an altitude of about 85 m above sea level. d. M. about 14 km (driving distance) southeast of Sarlat-la-Canéda . The climate is temperate and is influenced equally by the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains of the Massif Central ; Rain falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2014 |
| Residents | 595 | 741 | 661 | 446 | 468 | 490 |
In the second half of the 19th century, the population of the place rose briefly to almost 1,000. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture have led to a continuous population decline that has only come to a standstill in the last few decades.
economy
Up to the present day agriculture, which used to be mainly for self-sufficiency , plays the biggest role in the economic life of the municipality: The viticulture that was formerly also practiced here was, however, completely given up after the phylloxera crisis ; Tobacco and corn are also on the decline - instead fields and pastures, but also walnut , chestnut and fruit trees dominate the region. Truffle and foie gras are also regional specialties. Some vacant houses are rented out as holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
In the early Middle Ages, the Benedictine monastery Calabre was not far from today's location , but it was destroyed by the Moors and Normans in the 8th and 9th centuries ; in 1153 it is mentioned as belonging to the Sarlat Abbey. The church in today's town was probably originally a priory church , because in 1344 a 'prior' from Calviac was elected bishop of Sarlat . The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) wreaked havoc in the entire region; the historian Jean-M. Maubourguet wrote in 1926: In Calviac there was no longer a soul… The land was left to the wild animals… .
On June 8, 1944, the SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 "Der Führer" set fire to the nearby hamlet of Rouffillac on its way from southern France to Normandy , where the Allied invasion ( Operation Overlord ) had just begun, killing eight people ; two days later the troop reached Oradour-sur-Glane .
Attractions
- The pieced- together-looking church Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens is originally a single-nave Romanesque building from the 12th century, but was redesigned after the end of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) and received a second nave with a bell tower with a round stair tower on the side . A - probably planned - further expansion of the church did not take place. While the Romanesque part is barrel vaulted , the late Gothic north aisle shows ribbed vaults . The otherwise rather unadorned church building was recognized as a Monument historique in 1970 .
- The wash house ( lavoir ), which is a bit away from the village, was built in the 19th century.
- Surroundings
- The privately owned Château du Gard is on the Fontcabrol parcel , a two - storey neo - baroque building from the 19th century with a slightly protruding central projectile with a balcony and a surrounding roof balustrade .
Personalities
- According to tradition, around the year 680 St. Sacerdos of Limoges born in Calviac. His mother, Mundana , who is also venerated as a saint, also lived here.
Web links
- Calviac-en-Périgord, Église Saint-Barthélemy - Photos + information (Wikipedia, French)
- Calviac-en-Périgord, Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens - Photos
Individual evidence
- ↑ Calviac-en-Périgord - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Sarlat-la-Canéda / Calviac-en-Périgord - climate tables
- ↑ Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Calviac-en-Périgord in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)