Cellefrouin
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Cellefrouin Cela Froïn |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Boixe-et-Manslois | |
| Community association | Coeur de Charente | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 23' E | |
| height | 81-189 m | |
| surface | 40.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 572 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16260 | |
| INSEE code | 16068 | |
 Cellefrouin - former abbey church |
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Cellefrouin ( Occitan : Cela Froïn ) is a western French community in the northern Angoumois with 572 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Since an administrative reform in 2008, it has belonged to the Arrondissement of Confolens and the canton of Boixe-et-Manslois .
location
The place is at an altitude of about 100 meters above sea level. d. M. and about 45 kilometers northeast of Angoulême on the upper reaches of the Son . The remarkable church of Daint-Denis near the village of Lichères is located about 15 kilometers to the west, just a few kilometers northeast of the canton capital of Mansle .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 730 | 593 | 580 | 563 | 508 | 513 | 575 |
economy
The place has been dominated by agriculture for centuries; Forestry (chestnut trees etc.) is also practiced. Since the 1980s, tourism (rental of holiday apartments) has also played a certain role in the municipality's economic life.
history
Around 1025, the Saint-Pierre Abbey was founded by Bishop Arnaud de Vitabre of Périgueux . The construction of today's monastery church probably didn't begin until around 1060; after its completion, a smaller previous building was demolished towards the end of the 11th century. The abbey formed, so to speak, the crystallization nucleus for the development of the place.
Attractions
Saint Nicolas Abbey Church
Others
- The impressive death lantern ( lanterne des morts ) in the village's cemetery dates from the 12th century. The column-like monument, which is around 12.20 meters high, rises on a circular, stepped substructure, in the middle of which there is an angular base zone. Above it rises an approximately 6.5 meter high bundled column consisting of eight services (four larger and four smaller). Above the circumferential capital zone, the building ends in a conical tip studded with small spikes and closes with a cross. Four small openings at the base of the tip of the cone probably originally served to accommodate the death lights and were only accessible from the outside by means of a ladder; possibly because of this, another, more easily accessible opening was placed in one of the services at a later time. The death lantern from Cellefrouin is often compared to that from Fenioux , although it is significantly smaller and does not have a spiral staircase ( vis ) hidden in the column shaft ; In addition, there are certain similarities to the Hosanna crosses ( croix hosannières ) widespread in the region - especially to that of Rioux . The death lantern has been classified as a monument historique since 1886 .
- Close to the center of the village there is a lavoir sunk into the ground and supplied with water from a well .
- A little above the village stands the - now abandoned - Protestant church ( temple ), a building from the 19th century.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lanterne des Morts, Cellefrouin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)