Chenon

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Chenon
Chenon (France)
Chenon
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Boixe-et-Manslois
Community association Coeur de Charente
Coordinates 45 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 14'  E
height 70-118 m
surface 10.48 km 2
Residents 135 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16460
INSEE code 16095

Chenon - Château

Chenon is a place and a community with 135 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 village of Chenon is located in the Forêt de la Boixe on the west 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 42 km (driving distance) north from the city of Angoulême and 80 km south from Poitiers .

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 478 523 346 243 149 144

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. At the beginning of the 20th century there were two mills on the banks of the Charente; one of them is now used to generate electricity. 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.

Before it was annexed by the Counts of Angoulême, the area was part of the historical province of Poitou ; the first mention of the place name Cenomo comes from the year 1280. Since the 15th century Chenon belonged to the barony of Verteuil .

Attractions

Church Saint-Antoine
  • The Romanesque parish church of Saint-Antoine , mostly made of roughly worked rubble stones, dates from the 12th century; Large parts of the building were later plastered inside and out. In front of the otherwise unadorned facade, which is raised by a two-part bell gable, there is a vestibule - rare in the region - whose function can only be speculated about. The interior of the church was largely stripped of plaster so that the layers of rubble stones of different heights are visible; In contrast, the window and arch reveals as well as the semi -columns are made of precisely hewn stone material. The vault of the nave is still plastered and covered with regularly arranged joint paintings .
  • The Château de Chenon dates from the 15th century. The main building ( corps de logis ) has stone cross-cut windows and is flanked by two round or polygonal stair towers. In the garden area there are farm buildings that were added later as well as a small well house . The privately owned country palace was recognized as a Monument historique in 1987 .

Web links

Commons : Chenon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chenon - Viticulture
  2. ↑ Château, Chenon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)