Fontenille
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Boixe-et-Manslois | |
| Community association | Coeur de Charente | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ' N , 0 ° 10' E | |
| height | 55-127 m | |
| surface | 9.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 322 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16230 | |
| INSEE code | 16141 | |
 Fontenille - Dolmens des Pérottes |
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Fontenille is a place and a community with 322 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets (hameaux) and individual farmsteads (fermes) .
Location and climate
The place Fontenille is located at an altitude of about 85 m in the north of the department about 1 km north of the Charente river in the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois , part of the Charente landscape . The city of Angoulême is about 36 km (driving distance) south, Poitiers is a good 83 km north. The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 760 mm / year) falls over the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2015 |
| Residents | 136 | 731 | 472 | 369 | 334 | 335 |
The continuous decline in population since the end of the 19th century is essentially due to 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 early modern times, viticulture was promoted, but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - was almost stopped. 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
The presence of humans in today's area of the municipality is attested by several Neolithic grave structures ( dolmen ). During the time of Roman rule over Gaul , a Roman road ran through the municipality.
At the hamlet of Châteaurenaud in the south of the municipality there was once a fortress ( motte ). For the High Middle Ages, the time of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) and the Wars of Religion (1562-1598), the sources are missing, but the gentlemen of seem Châteaurenaud the Protestantism connected to have.
Attractions
- The small parish church of Saint-Michel stands in the middle of the cemetery on the outskirts; it is a simple 15th century building with later changes. The interior contains a copy from the 19th century after a painting by Raphael The Archangel Michael slays the dragon .
- Surroundings
- Around two kilometers southwest of the town ( 45 ° 54 ′ 45 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 36 ″ E ), the two Neolithic dolmens of Pérotte rise near the D61 . They have been recognized as Monuments historiques since 1900 .
- About a kilometer are the remains of the Tumulus of La Jacquille ( 45 ° 54 '27 " N , 0 ° 10' 5" O ). In its interior, consisting of small stone slabs, is the only known grave chamber in France with a rotating door stone. The tumulus has been recognized as a monument historique since 1991 .
Web links
- La Grosse Perotte - Photos and information (English)
- La Petite Perotte - Photos and information (English)
- Video of a reconstruction of La Petite Pérotte
- Dolmen of Pérotte - photos + info (French)
- Tumulus of La Jacquille - photos, drawings + information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fontenille - Map with altitude information
- ^ Fontenille - Viticulture
- ↑ Fontenille, Dolmen de Pérotte in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Fontenille, Tumulus de la Jacquille in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)