Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan

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Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
Coat of arms of Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (France)
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Niort
Canton Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (main town)
Community association Niortais
Coordinates 46 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  W
height 2-47 m
surface 33.79 km 2
Residents 2,862 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 85 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 79270
INSEE code 79130
Website http://www.frontenayrr.fr/

Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan is a French commune with 2,862 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and the canton of Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan , of which it is the capital.

geography

Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan is in the Saintonge countryside . In the north of the municipality runs the Guirande river , into which the small stream Bief Chabot flows. Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bessines in the north and north-east, Saint-Symphorien in the east, Granzay-Gript in the south-east, Vallans in the south, Épannes in the south-west, Amuré in the west and Sansais in the west and north-west.

Route nationale 248 and the former route nationale 11 (today's D611) run through the municipality , both of which form the E 601 .

history

The map of the Abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers from 936 shows a place of Frontaniacus , to which the place name goes back. The addition goes back to the French Marshal Pierre I. de Rohan , who married his cousin Anne de Rohan in 1517 and founded the Rohan-Rohan line. The coat of arms of the municipality corresponds almost completely to the family coat of arms of Pierre de Rohan. The rulership of the Rohan family also included the Barony of Frontenay, which was elevated to a duchy in 1626 (although initially without a nobility letter). Until 1626 the barony was called Frontenay-l'Abattu , then from 1714 with the name Duchy of Rohan-Rohan (to distinguish it from the Duchy of Rohan-Chabot ). The current name of the community with the addition of the family line was formed in 1897. Previously the place name was Frontenay.

In 1242 the English tried without success with King Louis IX. negotiate an armistice from France.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 1,746 1,813 2,097 2,450 2,571 2,653 2,920 2,951

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church, Gothic church with a Romanesque bell tower from the 12th century (this has been a monument historique since 1903 ), the saint of the Roman Catholic church André-Hubert Fournet is buried in the church
  • Numerous fountains (including Fontaine de la Mariée and the circle of fountains with the Grand Fontaine)

Personalities

Web links

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