Dévillac

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Dévillac
Dévillac (France)
Dévillac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton Le Haut Agenais Périgord
Community association Communes des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 36 '  N , 0 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 36 '  N , 0 ° 48'  E
height 96-191 m
surface 9.25 km 2
Residents 133 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47210
INSEE code 47080

Dévillac is a French municipality with 133 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and the canton of Le Haut Agenais Périgord (until 2015: canton of Villeréal ).

The name of the community is derived from an estate that belonged to a "Devillius".

The inhabitants are called Dévillacais and Dévillacaises .

geography

Dévillac is located about 25 km northeast of Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the historic province of Agenais on the northern border with the neighboring Dordogne department .

Dévillac is surrounded by the six neighboring municipalities:

Villeréal Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal Vergt-de-Biron
(Dordogne)
Saint-Etienne-de-Villeréal Neighboring communities
Laussou Paulhiac

Dévillac is located in the catchment area of ​​the Garonne River .

The Laussou, a tributary of the Lède , crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributaries,

  • the Ruisseau de la Fontaine Biron,
  • the Ruisseau de la Fontaine d'Estrade, which rises in Dévillac, and
  • the Ruisseau de Lasgrèses.

history

A bronze arrowhead dating from the Bronze Age documents an early settlement of the area. In 1869 the remains of an ancient villa were discovered at a place with the field name Chairol. In this roof tiles and fragments of marble and ceramics found. Pavement decorated with mosaic came to light that dates from a later period, certainly from the fourth century.

The parish has two churches, the church of Estrade, a former parish which was incorporated in 1829, and the 12th century church of Saint-Barthélémy with a 16th century entrance portal .

In the Middle Ages , the Peyrelevade Castle also existed in the village in the hamlet of the same name, of which only ruins can be seen today. These consist of the remains of thick walls and a spring that was once intended to withstand prolonged sieges.

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a peak of around 385 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 115 inhabitants during short recovery phases until the 1960s, before a phase of moderate growth began. which has stabilized the size at a level of around 130 inhabitants since the turn of the millennium.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 137 113 115 129 117 121 131 132 133
Until 1821 without residents of Estrade
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Economy and Infrastructure

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 20

traffic

Dévillac can be reached via Routes départementales 255 and 272 (Dordogne: D2E).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dévillac ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved on February 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Dévillac ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Notice Communale Dévillac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Dévillac (47080) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Dévillac (47080) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved February 9, 2019.