Cherveix Cubas

Cherveix-Cubas ; Charvés e Cubas
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Isle-Loue-Auvézère
Community association	Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord
Coordinates	45 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ E
height	132-294 m
surface	14.96 km 2
Residents	569 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	24390
INSEE code	24120
Website	Cherveix Cubas
	; Church St-Martial in the district of Saint-Martial-Laborie

Cherveix-Cubas ( Occitan Charvés e Cubas ) is a French municipality with 569 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, consisting of three formerly independent villages and a few individual farms . It belongs to the Arrondissement Nontron (until 2017: Arrondissement Périgueux ) and to the canton Isle-Loue-Auvézère, which has existed since 2015 (until 2015 Hautefort ).

Location and climate

The municipality of Cherveix-Cubas is located about 38 km northeast of Périgueux and about 70 km south of Limoges on the Auvézère river at an altitude of about 150 m . The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 910 mm / year) falls almost all year round.

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1999	2017
Residents	381	1333	1205	831	600	569

The places Cherveix , Cubas and Saint-Martial-Laborie were merged in 1829. The population decline, which continued up to the turn of the millennium, is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms.

economy

The community is still largely agriculturally oriented, with livestock also playing a certain role. Craftsmen and small service providers have settled in the villages.

history

The places were already settled in the Middle Ages

Attractions

The founding of the Romanesque church Saint-Martial-Laborie is attributed to the local landlords (seigneurs) or to the Knights Templar (later the Order of Malta ). The single-nave and almost windowless church has an apse and a crossing tower has a certain defensive character ; it has been recognized as a monument historique since 1974 .
The Saint-Roch church in Cherveix dates from the 19th century. The tower was struck by lightning on July 1, 2014, causing some stones to fall to the ground.
The originally Romanesque church of Cubas collapsed in 1836 and was then rebuilt in a slightly modified form, but with rubble stones .
A death lantern with a round cross-section dates from the 13th century; it has been recognized as a monument historique since 1939 .
The partly late medieval mansion Le Temple de l'Eau underwent subsequent renovations. The site originally belonged to the Knights Templar. The building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1975 .