Clansayes

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Clansayes
Coat of arms of Clansayes
Clansayes (France)
Clansayes
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Nyons
Canton Le Tricastin
Community association Drôme Sud Provence
Coordinates 44 ° 22 ′  N , 4 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 22 ′  N , 4 ° 48 ′  E
height 87-348 m
surface 14.47 km 2
Residents 529 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 37 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26130
INSEE code 26093

Saint-Michel church and Templar tower

Clansayes is a French municipality with 529 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Drome region, in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Nyons and the canton of Le Tricastin .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2016
Residents 119 212 181 287 408 441 563 522

Attractions

  • The 15 meter high donjon dates back to 1233 and was part of a castle. In 1859 he was crowned with a 6 meter high statue of the Virgin Mary . Classified as a Monument historique since February 15, 2006
  • The Romanesque church of Saint-Michel (12th century) has been a monument historique since July 13, 1926
  • The remains of the Notre-Dame de Torone chapel stand on a hill southwest of the village
  • 1 tower of the city fortifications

Personalities

literature

  • Louise Boisse: Notre-Dame de Toronne à Clansayes (Drôme), avec des notes sur Clansayes, Notre-Dame de la Tour, les Templiers et les Chevaliers de Saint Jean de Jérusalem or Ordre de Malte . Éditions de l'abbé Fr. Revol, Clansayes, 1941.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolphe Laurent Joanne: De Paris à la Méditerranée: itenéraire descriptif et historique comprenant de Paris à Lyon et à Auxerre , p. 96. Collection des guides-Joanne, Hachette Livre, Paris, 1862.

Web links

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