Châteauneuf-sur-Charente
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Canton | Charente-Champagne | |
| Community association | Grand Cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 36 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ W | |
| height | 16-99 m | |
| surface | 24.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,536 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 147 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16120 | |
| INSEE code | 16090 | |
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Chateauneuf-sur-Charente is a French municipality with 3536 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department CharenteCharente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Cognac and the canton of Charente-Champagne . Châteauneuf is about 30 km from Angoulême and Cognac .
history
The place was initially called Berdeville and was grouped around a first primitive wooden castle that was built on an island in the Charente to control navigation on the river and the passage across the river. This castle burned down in 1081, a new castle was built on the left bank of the river, which is why the place was renamed Châteauneuf - new castle.
The castle and settlement belonged to Angoulême County until both were sold in 1098. Châteauneuf returned to the Count's possession in 1242 when Isabella of Angoulême , wife of Hugo X. of Lusignan and heiress of the County of Angoulême, bought the place, only to pass it on to one of her younger sons, Geoffroy de Lusignan. Later owners were Jean d'Eslion, Sire d'Arlay, Amaury and Guillaume de Craon, Seigneurs de Jarnac, and finally Guy VIII. De la Rochefoucauld, Guillaume's son-in-law.
The Peace of Brétigny (1360) awarded Châteauneuf to the English, who ruled here for 20 years. Later, the territory was given to Louis de Valois, duc d'Orléans , the king's brother as part of his apanage . His grandson Charles d'Orléans , the father of the future King Francis I, died here in 1496. His widow Luise von Savoyen kept Châteauneuf in her possession until her death in 1531. A later owner was Philippe Chabot, Admiral of France , but in the middle of the 16th century In the 19th century the place was again in royal possession. Renewed surrender of the place made the Rochechouart , the Duke of Épernon, the Marshal of Navailles , the Marquise de Courcillon and the Marquis de Brunoy the owners. In 1777 Châteauneuf came into the possession of the Count of Artois , who owned it until the Revolution .
The bridge over the Charente was the only stone bridge between Cognac and Angoulême in the Middle Ages, which gave the place regional importance. The bridge remained intact until the 20th century, when the extraordinary drought in 1976 caused the Charente to dry out and exposed the wooden pillars, which were not allowed to come into contact with air. One pillar of the bridge partially collapsed, whereupon the bridge was demolished and replaced with a concrete bridge.
Population development
- 1962: 3285
- 1968: 3475
- 1975: 3500
- 1982: 3554
- 1990: 3522
- 1999: 3422
- 2017: 3536
Personalities
- Ernest Monis (1846–1929), politician, born in Châteauneuf
Parish partnership
Châteauneuf-sur-Charente has a partnership with the German municipality of Alfter in North Rhine-Westphalia .
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