Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe

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Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe
Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe (France)
Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton Le Haut Agenais Périgord
Community association Communes des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E
height 80-214 m
surface 17.23 km 2
Residents 508 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47290
INSEE code 47055

View of the center of Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe

Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe is a French municipality with 508 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and the canton of Le Haut Agenais Périgord (until 2015: canton of Cancon ).

The first part of the name goes back to the combination of the Occitan words castel ( German  fortress ) and nòu or nau ( German  new ). The parish has its origins in a bastide founded on the lands of the Seigneurs of Gratecambe.

The inhabitants are called Castelnaudais and Castelnaudaises .

geography

Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe is located about eleven kilometers north-northwest of Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the historic province of Agenais on the northeastern edge of the department.

Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe is surrounded by the seven neighboring municipalities:

Beaugas Boudy-de-Beauregard Monflanquin
Pailloles Neighboring communities
Lédat Villeneuve-sur-Lot La Sauvetat-sur-Lède

Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe lies in the catchment area of ​​the Garonne River .

Tributaries of the Lède cross the territory of the commune,

  • the Aygue-Rousse and
  • the Mascarde, which rises in Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe, together with its tributaries,
    • the Ruisseau de Pétrencat and
    • the Ruisseau de Saint-Pierre, both of which also arise in Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe.

In addition, two tributaries of the Cluzelou originate in the municipality, the Ruisseau d'Expérincoux and the Ruisseau de Rieussat.

Town Hall (Mairie)
Cross in the square in front of the church

history

Alfons of Poitiers founded around 50 bastides in the area between 1256 and 1270, including one from which the municipality developed. It was built here in a strategically favorable position on the top of a narrow, elongated hill with steep slopes. The town center is traversed by two streets parallel to the hill line and has only one central square.

The village suffered a lot from the Huguenot Wars . Only one half-timbered house from the 16th or 17th century has survived the centuries. The other buildings date from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century. In the 19th century the village became too narrow for the emerging economic activities and the community developed in a westerly direction, where, among other things, the Mairie and the school were built.

Many older houses have been converted into plants for the production of prunes , an economic focus in Agenais at the beginning of the 20th century. These were gradually abandoned in the course of the following industrialization.

In 1824 the municipality of Calliadelles was incorporated.

Population development

With the incorporation of Calliadelles, the population rose in the first half of the 19th century to a high of around 1,040. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 430 inhabitants during short recovery phases by the 1970s, before a phase of moderate growth set in, which stagnated again in recent years.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 442 463 428 465 513 517 542 536 508
Until 1821 without residents of Calliadelles
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006
Parish Church of Saint Martin

Attractions

  • Parish church of Saint-Martin , a new building from the end of the 19th century
  • Parish church of Saint-Pierre in Calliadelles from the 12th century
  • 16th century mansion Merguet

Economy and Infrastructure

Trade and services are the main economic drivers of the community.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 61

education

The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 45 students in the school year 2018/2019.

traffic

The National Route 21 forms the Bergerac - Agen traffic axis and runs through the center of Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe. The municipality can also be reached via Routes départementales 412 and 420, as well as a secondary road that branches off from Route départementale 430.

Web links

Commons : Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France ( fr ) Librairie Droz, Geneva. S. 1464. 1998. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Lot-et-Garonne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ Ma commune: Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b Notice Communale Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe (47055) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe (47055) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  8. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved February 5, 2019.