Cros-de-Ronesque
Cros-de-Ronesque Cròs de Ronesca |
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Cantal | |
Arrondissement | Aurillac | |
Canton | Vic-sur-Cère | |
Community association | Cère et Goul en Carladès | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 52 ′ N , 2 ° 37 ′ E | |
height | 440-871 m | |
surface | 16.23 km 2 | |
Residents | 143 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 15130 | |
INSEE code | 15058 | |
Church Saint-Hilaire |
Cros-de-Ronesque ( Occitan : Cros de Ronesca ) is a French city and a municipality with 143 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Cros-de-Ronesque belongs to the historic region of Carladès .
location
The place Cros-de-Ronesque is at an altitude of about 710 m above sea level. d. M .; the river Goul forms the eastern boundary of the municipality. The distance to Aurillac is approx. 28 km (driving distance) in a north-westerly direction.
Population development
year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
Residents | 411 | 593 | 663 | 381 | 137 | 138 |
The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the lack of jobs as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .
economy
The place Cros-de-Ronesque served for centuries the only agriculturally oriented and self-sufficient villages ( hamlets ) and individual farms in the area as a craft, trade and service center. Since the middle of the 20th century tourism has played a not insignificant role for the economic life of the place in the form of the rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
Little is known about the history of the place. In 1643, the French King Louis XIII. the Carladès to the county and gave it to the Monaco-based Grimaldi family as a fief; this administered it until the outbreak of the French Revolution .
Attractions
- The late Gothic parish church of Saint-Hilaire was built in the 15th century. The unadorned portal and unadorned west wall made of quarry stones and with a bell gable ( clocher mur ) is striking ; the buttresses in the corners, on the other hand, are made of precisely hewn stones. Two side chapels were in the 16./17. Century grown. The church, domed inside , has been recognized as a monument historique since 1930 .
- Two houses from the early 19th century ( Maisons Delpuech ) form a typical regional ensemble, which was placed under protection in 1990.
- The Saint-Jacques church, which stands on a plateau above the village, was built in the 19th century. It was built on the site of a 15th century priory church , which was probably destroyed in the Huguenot Wars , and which was dependent on the Abbey of Saint-Géraud in Aurillac .
Web links
- Cros-de-Ronesque, Église Saint-Hilaire - photos + brief information (French)
- Cros-de-Ronesque, Église Saint-Jacques - photo + brief information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Hilaire, Cros-de-Ronesque in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Maisons Delpuech, Cros-de-Ronesque in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)