Chassenon

Chassenon Chassanom
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Community association	Charente limousine
Coordinates	45 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 46'  E
height	150-261 m
surface	23.48 km 2
Residents	880 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	37 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	16150
INSEE code	16086
Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Chassenon ( Occitan : Chassanom ) is a place and a community with 880 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads .

location

The place Chassenon is about one kilometer south of the river Vienne at an altitude of about 210 m above sea level. d. M. in the east of the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois at a short distance from the Haute-Vienne department . The place is about 63 km (driving distance) in a north-easterly direction from the city of Angoulême ; the city Limoges in the historic province of Limousin is located only 45 km east. The river Grêne flows in the south of the municipality .

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1999	2013
Residents	1,000	1.110	1,176	1,013	903	870

The continuous decline in population in the 20th century is essentially due to the consequences of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .

economy

The place and its surroundings were dominated by agriculture for centuries; most of the people lived on the produce of their fields and gardens, self-sufficient . Craftsmen and small traders also settled in the village. 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 - it is of little importance. 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

Small Stone Age finds were made in the municipality. The Gallo-Roman settlement Cassinomagus was on the Via Agrippa , which connected Mediolanum Santonum ( Saintes ) with Lugdunum ( Lyon ).

From the 10th to the 18th century, Chassenon was the seat of a viguerie and belonged to the diocese of Limoges for a long time until it was annexed by the Counts of Angoulême in the 11th century . However, the parish continued to be under the care of Limoges.

Attractions

Crucifixion relief above the portal of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Château des Dauges

• The Romanesque- looking parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was - with the exception of the corner stones - built in the 15th century from mostly roughly hewn rubble stones , some of which are said to come from a meteor (see: Rochechouart-Chassenon crater ). The facade shows two relief panels with 'primitive' scenes - one shows a crucifixion of Christ with two soldiers at his side, the other may be an adoration of the kings . The nave is barrel vaulted ; the pointed arches of the side blind arcades, however, refer to the Gothic. There are three slender windows in the rear wall of the flat-closed apse .
• In the village is the roofed but laterally open workshop of a farrier with a wooden claw stand ( travail ).

outside

• About 300 m southeast of the village is the excavation site of the Roman city Cassinomagus , whose buildings ( amphitheater , thermal baths , temples, etc.) - although only partially excavated - were classified as historical monuments between 1936 and 1987 .
• The 16./17. The privately owned Château des Dauges was built in the 19th century and is located near the road to Chabanais .

Web links

Commons : Chassenon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Chassenon, church - photos + information (French)
• Les Amis de Chassenon, archaeological finds - photos + information (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chassenon - Viticulture
2. ↑ Amphithéâtre, Chassenon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
3. ^ Center gallo-romain, Chassenon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
4. ↑ Villa gallo-romaine, Chassenon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)