Chenommet
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| local community | Aunac-sur-Charente | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 56 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 16460 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16094 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Church Saint-Pierre |
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Chenommet is a town and commune Déléguée in the community Aunac-sur-Charente with 165 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The commune Déléguée consists of several villages ( hameaux ) and individual farms .
location
The place Chenommet is in the area of the Forêt de la Boixe on the east bank of the Charente river at an altitude of about 80 m above sea level. d. M. in the north of the Charente department in the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois , part of the Charente landscape . The place is about 44 km (driving distance) to the northeast from the city of Angoulême and about 82 km to the south from Poitiers .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 364 | 432 | 293 | 192 | 128 | 163 |
The 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 dominated by agriculture for centuries; most people lived on a self-sufficient basis ; In the village itself, various craft and service professions developed . 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
The region was already settled in the Neolithic ; ancient finds are not known. In the Middle Ages there was a priory which was initially under the supervision of the Abbey of Cellefrouin , but came under the care of Charroux through a bull of Pope Paschal II from 1101 ; it was dissolved at the latest in the course of the French Revolution .
The municipality of Chenommet merged with Aunac and Bayers on January 1st, 2017 to form the Commune nouvelle Aunac-sur-Charente.
Attractions
- The Romanesque former priory church and today's parish church , mostly made of rubble stones , formerly Saint-Jean-Baptiste and now Saint-Pierre , dates from the 12th century; Large parts of the building were later plastered inside and out. It is worth highlighting the with cobblestones covered floor of the flat closing apse and a - formerly well as font serving - Stoup ( bénitier ) with several figures ( John the Baptist and the Apostles Peter and Andrew ) from around 1400, which in 1933 in the inventory list the Monuments historiques was included.
- At the side in front of the church is one of the more common Hosanna crosses in Charente .
outside
- The still partly from the remains of a tumulus surrounded Dolmen de la Pierre Folle is located at the edge of a dirt road about two and a half kilometers of the town (south-east 45 ° 55 '48 " N , 0 ° 15' 44" O ) and is due to plant cover only guess. It was recognized as a Monument historique in 2012 .
Web links
- Chenommet, church - video + information (French)
- Chenommet, dolmen - Photo + tooltips (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chenommet - Viticulture
- ↑ Bénitier de l'Église Saint-Pierre, Chenommet in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Dolmen de la Pierre Folle, Chenommet in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)