Falgueyrate

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Falgueyrate
Falgueyrat (France)
Falgueyrate
local community Plaisance
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Bergerac
Coordinates 44 ° 41 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  E
Post Code 24560
Former INSEE code 24173
Incorporation 1st January 1973

Parish Church of Saint-Jean

Falgueyrat is a former French commune of last 62 inhabitants (1968) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ).

On January 1, 1973, the former parishes Falgueyrat, Mandacou and Eyrenville merged to form the newly created parish Plaisance , with the former parishes being given the status of a Commune associée . The main town of Plaisance was Eyrenville. By resolution after the referendum on January 17, 2010, the merger was transformed into a simple merger of the three communes associées , in which the former municipalities were integrated into Plaisance.

geography

Falgueyrat is located about 20 km south-southeast of Bergerac in the Bergeracois area of the historic province of Périgord .

history

The village was once subordinate to Calech, which is now a hamlet of Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech . The area was dependent on the manorial rule of Cahuzac . At the end of the Middle Ages , Falgueyrat, like Eyrenville, belonged to the diocese of Sarlat .

Toponymy

The name of the place is derived from the Occitan falguieràs ( German  ferns ), which comes from the Latin filicaria .

Toponyms and mentions of falgueyrate were:

  • Falgayrac ( copy book of the Abbey of La Sauve-Majeure ),
  • Hospitale de Falgueyraco (1282, documents of the Order of Malta ),
  • Falgayracum (1554, shield of the dioceses of Périgueux and Sarlat ),
  • Falgueyret (map of Belleyme),
  • Falgueyrac (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini or Notice Communale ),
  • Falgueyrat (1801, Bulletin des Lois ),
  • Falgayrac (1873, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne).

Population development

At the beginning of the records, the population was a high of 380. In the following period the population fell to around 60 during short recovery phases until the community was dissolved.

year 1962 1968
Residents 91 62
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Source: EHESS / Cassini

Attractions

Saint-Jean parish church - bell gable Entrance portal
Saint-Jean parish church - bell gable
Entrance portal

Parish Church of Saint-Jean

She was subordinate to the Commandery of the Templar Order in Montguyard . The current church with a bell gable is a new building from the 19th century.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ La petite gazette ( fr , PDF) Municipality of Plaisance. S. 5. January 1, 2010. Accessed December 16, 2018.
  2. a b PLAISANCE, histoire contemporaine et histoires anciennes ( fr ) Municipality of Plaisance. S. February 3, 2010. Accessed December 16, 2018.
  3. Plaisance ( fr ) Communauté de communes des Portes Sud Périgord. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  4. a b Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. S. 114, 1873. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  5. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  6. a b Notice Communale Falgueyrat ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  7. ^ Plaisance ( fr ) Municipality of Issigeac . Retrieved December 16, 2018.