Chabrac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Charente-Vienne | |
| Community association | Charente limousine | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 56 ' N , 0 ° 44' E | |
| height | 168-273 m | |
| surface | 22.40 km 2 | |
| Residents | 570 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16150 | |
| INSEE code | 16071 | |
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Chabrac is a place and a community with 570 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality also includes several hamlets ( hamlets ) and farmsteads .
location
The place Chabrac lies at an altitude of about 215 m above sea level. d. M. in the east of the Charente department near the border with the Limousin in the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois , part of the Charente landscape . The place is about 70 km (driving distance) northeast of the city of Angoulême ; It is only about 50 km to Limoges in a south-easterly direction. The Goire River , a tributary of the Vienne, runs along the northern boundary of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 820 | 915 | 803 | 592 | 464 | 567 |
The continuous decline in population since the late 19th century is mainly due to the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .
economy
The place and its surroundings were shaped by agriculture and forestry for centuries; most people lived on a self-sufficient basis . In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, viticulture was promoted, but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - was almost stopped. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ).
history
In Gallo-Roman times, a Roman estate ( villa rustica ) was built.
At the end of the 12th century, the place and its church belonged as a priory to the Benedictine abbey of Lesterps .
Attractions
- The former priory church and today's parish church of Notre-Dame was built in the 12th century; however, it was changed after the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) and in the Huguenot Wars (1562-1598) - u. a. she received a battlement under the eaves of the nave . The original parts mostly show quarry stone masonry made of granite , whereas the parts added later ( buttresses, etc.) are built from precisely hewn house stones . The multi-tiered late Romanesque entrance portal consists of several archivolt arches ; the inner arch is designed as a multi-pass arch . The nave has a pointed barrel vault, which was renewed in the 19th century, and a flat end of the choir with three windows arranged in a triumphal arch scheme. The church building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1965 ; it reopened in 2013 after a renovation.
- The church has a Romanesque font or holy water font.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Notre-Dame, Chabrac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)