Cros-de-Ronesque

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Cros-de-Ronesque
Cròs de Ronesca
Cros-de-Ronesque (France)
Cros-de-Ronesque
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 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

Commons : Cros-de-Ronesque  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église Saint-Hilaire, Cros-de-Ronesque in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Maisons Delpuech, Cros-de-Ronesque in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)