Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Échelle
| Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Échelle | |
|---|---|
| Charente ( Nouvelle-Aquitaine - France ) | |
| Establishment date | December 31, 1993 |
| Dissolution date | December 31, 2016 |
| legal form | Communauté de communes |
| Seat | Bouëx |
| Communities | 7th |
| president | Michel Andrieux |
| SIREN number | 241 600 394 |
| surface | 151 km² |
| Residents | 8,092 (2013) |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km² |
 Location of the CC de la Vallée de l'Échelle in the Charente department |
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The Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Échelle is a former French association of municipalities with the legal form of a Communauté de communes in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It was founded on December 31, 1993 and comprised seven parishes. The administrative seat was in Bouëx .
Historical development
With effect from January 1, 2017, the community association merged
- Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême (before 2017) ,
- Communauté de communes Braconne et Charente and
- Communauté de communes Charente Boëme Charraud
and so formed a successor organization under the same name Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême . Nevertheless, it is a start-up with a different legal personality.
Former member parishes
geography
location
The Association of Municipalities was about 10 to 20 kilometers southeast of the city of Angoulême in the cultural landscape of Angoumois in the area of Charente . The altitudes of the connected communities ranged between 52 and 223 meters above sea level. d. M.
landscape
The landscape profile is slightly undulating and interspersed with hills on which many villages have settled. Forests and fields determine the landscape in roughly equal parts.
Rivers
There are no larger rivers in the area of the former municipal association; smaller rivers are the Échelle , Charrau , Anguienne u. a., on the banks of which grain , oil and paper mills were once operated. All rivers drain into the Atlantic via the Charente .
Floors
Below the humus layer there are meter-thick limestone deposits , which indicate that the Charente formed the bottom of a prehistoric sea for a long time.
climate
The temperate climate of the region is clearly influenced by the Atlantic; Excessive heat in summer and night frosts in winter are extremely rare.
Population development
| year | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2012 |
| Residents | 6,975 | 7,406 | 7,773 | 8,032 |
The greater Angoulême area has been attracting immigrants for decades due to its positive economic development.
economy
In earlier times the population lived essentially on the principle of self-sufficiency ; only the city of Angoulême, which functions as a religious and cultural center as well as a craft and mercantile center, had to be supplied with grain, wine, meat and vegetables. As early as the Middle Ages, oil and grain mills settled on the banks of the small rivers and streams, and since the end of the Middle Ages they have been supplemented, and in some cases replaced, by paper mills . The operation of quarries was another mainstay of the regional economy. The soils of the municipalities theoretically belong to the Bons Bois of the Cognac wine-growing region , but as a result of the sales crisis for wine and wine products and the increasing development of agricultural areas, very little viticulture is still practiced in the municipality.
Attractions
The animal reliefs on a rock ( Roc de Sers ) in the vicinity of Sers are - besides the horse frieze of Mouthiers-sur-Boëme - the only artistic evidence of the presence of humans in prehistoric times in southern Charente ; however, the originals are in the Musée d'archéologie nationale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye . Almost every community has a - usually well preserved and as historique monument registered - Romanesque church; remotely impress even the privately owned and therefore not be visited, but also as monuments historiques recognized castles or castles ( châteaux ) of Garat and Dignac .