Empuré
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Charente North | |
| Community association | Val de Charente | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ E | |
| height | 84-156 m | |
| surface | 8.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 100 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16240 | |
| INSEE code | 16127 | |
 Townscape with Saint-Maixent church |
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Empuré is a place and a community with 792 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Several individual farms belong to the community .
location
The place Empuré is at an altitude of about 84 m above sea level. d. M. in the north of the Charente department in the old cultural landscape of southern Poitou or northern Angoumois , part of the Charente landscape . The place is about 53 km (driving distance) north of the city of Angoulême ; It is around 80 km to Poitiers in a northeastern direction. The small town of Ruffec is only about 13 km away.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 300 | 320 | 232 | 166 | 108 | 106 |
The continuous decline in population since the late 19th century is mainly due to the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .
economy
The place and its surroundings were dominated by agriculture for centuries; most people lived on a self-sufficient basis . In the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period, viticulture was promoted, but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - it was almost stopped and its former importance is still today, despite its location in the Bon Bois of the Cognac wine-growing region has not recovered. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ) .
history
A number of finds have been made from Roman or Gallo-Roman times. The area formerly part of the historical province of Poitou was annexed by the Counts of Angoulême in the 11th or 12th century . The church, built in the 12th century, seems to have belonged to a priory . Nothing is known about the destruction during the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) or the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598).
Attractions
- The former priory church and today's parish church of Saint-Maixent is an imposing, stone- walled, single-nave building from the beginning of the 12th century with an elongated choir and a richly structured apse . The other components (tower, nave and facade) are kept much simpler. The facade is at least divided into two horizontally by a console frieze with heads . While the apse is covered with stone shingles (lauzes) , there are simple roof tiles on the nave . Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1914 .
- From the Château d'Empuré only few remains have been preserved. The moat is currently being restored by the current owner.
- The Logis de Grand Maison still has a round tower from the 16th century.
- On the outskirts there is a wash house ( lavoir ) from the 19th century, a bakery (four à pain) and a wooden festival hall open to the side.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Empuré - Viticulture
- ↑ Église Saint-Maixent, Empuré in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)