Dignac

Dignac
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Boëme-Échelle
Community association	Grand Angoulême
Coordinates	45 ° 33 ' N , 0 ° 17' E Coordinates: 45 ° 33 ' N , 0 ° 17' E
height	105-223 m
surface	27.66 km 2
Residents	1,322 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	48 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	16410
INSEE code	16119
	; Saint-Cybard Church

Dignac is a municipality with 1322 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Several hamlets belong to the community.

location

The municipality of Dignac is located at an altitude of about 170 meters above sea level. d. M. about 20 kilometers (driving distance) southeast of Angoulême in the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois . The river Échelle has its source in the municipality.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	793	843	896	1147	1230	1280	1280	1308

In the 19th century the community usually had between 1000 and 1650 inhabitants; As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants fell continuously from around 1880 to the lows in the 1960s and 1970s.

economy

For centuries, the inhabitants of the community lived on the principles of self-sufficiency from agriculture; Market towns were too far away. The soils of the municipality still belong to the Bons Bois of the Cognac wine-growing region , but sales of expensive brandies and even wine have tended to decline in recent decades, so that viticulture no longer plays a role. Income from tourism, in particular the rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ), has become much more important since the 1960s.

history

Documented medieval place names are Dinac (1162) or Dinhaco (1233).

Attractions

Donjon of the Château de Breuil

The parish church of Saint-Cybard dates from the 12th and 15th centuries. The single-nave building with its rather simple facade and apse design is dominated by a squat looking three-storey crossing tower , the middle level of which is surrounded by blind arcades , while the arcades of the bell storey above are open and divided by double columns . In the barrel vaulted nave , remains of frescoes from the 12th and 16th centuries have been preserved. Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1980 .

The Château de Breuil ( 45 ° 33 ′ 42 ″ N , 0 ° 17 ′ 27 ″ E ) is a building complex with buildings from the 14th and 15th centuries. The late medieval keep ( donjon ), in whose chapel remains of frescoes from the time, is particularly impressive . The privately owned building has been recognized as a Monument historique since 1964 .45.561666666667 0.29083333333333

The building ensemble of the Château du Pouyaud ( 45 ° 33 ′ 17 ″ N , 0 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ E ) consists of buildings from the 15th to 18th centuries. The castle is privately owned and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1966 .45.554722222222 0.26611111111111

In the hamlet of Cloulas there is a single-nave Romanesque chapel with a two-part bell gable above a reservedly decorated archivolt portal and an undivided apse .

A rectangular sheathed apse was added to the extremely simple church in the hamlet of Beaulieu in the 15th century.

In both hamlets there is also an uncovered washing area ( lavoir ).