Comps (Drôme)

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Comps
Coat of arms of Comps
Comps (France)
Comps
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Nyons
Canton Dieulefit
Community association Dieulefit-Bourdeaux
Coordinates 44 ° 33 '  N , 5 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 33 '  N , 5 ° 7'  E
height 465-959 m
surface 11.88 km 2
Residents 156 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26220
INSEE code 26101

Comps is a French municipality with 156 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the department of Drôme ; it belongs to the canton of Dieulefit in the arrondissement of Nyons .

geography

Comps is located at an average altitude of 680 meters above sea ​​level , seven kilometers northeast of Dieulefit and 34 kilometers east of Montélimar . The Jabron flows through the village , along with two of its tributaries, the Rimandoule and the Ruisseau de Luzerne .

history

The oldest written mentions of Comps as Castrum de Cums come from 1210 and 1293 (Castrum de Combis) . In the Middle Ages Comps was a fortress of the Counts of Valentinois , later it became Vesc , then subordinated to the House of De Moreton de Chabrillan . Their inhabitants are called Compsois or Compsoises .

Population development

year 1911 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 244 196 119 104 129 137 118 153 164

Attractions

Romanesque church Saint-Pierre-et-Paul of the former Benedictine priory from the 11th century. Is generally referred to as one of the most beautiful structures in the Drôme
  • Church Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul , dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul , dating from the 11th century; Cross-shaped building with central tower, inside an octagonal dome. ( Monument historique )
  • Rectangular castle complex with four corner towers from the 16th century.
  • Ruins of a medieval castral castle on the highest point in the municipality.

literature

  • Michèle Bois and Chrystèle Burgard: Fortifications et châteaux dans la Drôme. Paris: Éditions Créaphis 2004, ISBN 2-913610-43-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Comps historique: Église. ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2015 no longer available @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.compshistorique.com
  2. ^ Church of St. Peter and Paul in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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