Courcerault

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Courcerault
Courcerault (France)
Courcerault
local community Cour-Maugis sur Huisne
region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Mortagne-au-Perche
Coordinates 48 ° 26 '  N , 0 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '  N , 0 ° 39'  E
Post Code 61340
Former INSEE code 61128
Incorporation January 1, 2016

Courcerault is a former French commune with only 163 inhabitants (as of 2013) in the Orne department . Today Courcerault is part of the large community ( Commune nouvelle ) Cour-Maugis sur Huisne , but did not receive the status of a Commune déléguée in the course of the incorporation .

location

Courcerault is located in the catchment area of ​​the Huisne River in the Perche Regional Nature Park, about 54 km (driving distance) east of Alençon and about 15 km southeast of Mortagne-au-Perche at an altitude of about 175  m . The climate is influenced to a large extent by the sea and is therefore almost frost-free; Rain (approx. 690 mm / year) falls throughout the year.

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 713 815 472 302 173 163

The continuous decline in population since the middle of the 19th century is mainly due to the closure of small farms and the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The place has always been agriculturally oriented, whereby the self-sufficiency of the residents has long been the focus. The large forest area allowed the production of charcoal and the settlement of several blacksmiths. Since the 1960s, tourism has played an important role in the town's income in the form of holiday homes ( gîtes ) .

history

Courcerault - the townscape

The existence of a priory of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris is recorded for the 9th century , which later passed to the Abbey of Saint-Laumer-de-Blois . The later history of the place is closely linked to that of the larger neighboring village Boissy-Maugis .

Attractions

  • The originally Romanesque parish church (Église Saint-Pierre) was - after possible destruction during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) - renovated in the 16th century and received a bell tower (clocher) in the neo-Romanesque style in the 19th century . Facilities two under protection of monuments baroque Wandtischchen include ( sideboards ).
Surroundings
  • On the banks of the Huisne is a former flour mill (Moulin de la Vove) from the 18th century.

Web links

Commons : Courcerault  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Courcerault - Map with altitude information
  2. ↑ Courcerault - Climate tables
  3. ↑ Courcerault - History
  4. ↑ Courcerault - Church
  5. ↑ Courcerault - Church furnishings in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)