Ginest

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Ginest
Ginestet coat of arms
Ginestet (France)
Ginest
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Bergerac
Canton Pays de la Force
Community association Agglomération Bergeracoise
Coordinates 44 ° 55 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 55 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E
height 45-140 m
surface 13.06 km 2
Residents 729 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 56 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24130
INSEE code 24197

Parish Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur

Ginestet is a French municipality with 729 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Bergerac and the canton Pays de la Force (until 2015: canton La Force ).

The name in the Occitan language is Ginèstet , which is derived from the Latin gestetum and means " ground covered with gorse ". The region is rich in plants of this genus.

The inhabitants are called Ginestois and Ginestoises .

Ruisseau de Ladoux near the hamlet of la Ressègue

geography

Ginestet is located about eight km northwest in the catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) of Bergerac in the Bergeracois region of the historic province of Périgord in the southwest of the department.

Ginestet is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Lunas Laveyssière Moors
Neighboring communities
Prigonrieux Bergerac

Ginestet lies in the catchment area of ​​the Dordogne river .

Tributaries of the Dordogne irrigate the territory of the commune,

  • the Gouyne, which rises in Ginestet, and
  • the Eyraud, along with its tributary,
    • the Ruisseau de la Forêt, which rises in Ginestet.

In addition, a tributary of the Caudeau , the Ruisseau de Marmelet, also called Ruisseau de Ladoux, crosses the area of ​​the municipality with its tributary, the Gaillardet.

history

Traces of settlement during the Paleolithic and the Neolithic Age have been discovered in Ginestet. It is believed that the Saracens passed the area of ​​today's municipality, because there is a hamlet called "les Sarrazies" in the neighboring municipality of Maurens. A church register from the 13th century mentions a church that has now disappeared.

Toponymy

Toponyms and mentions of Ginestet were:

  • Sanctus Jacobus de Genstet (church register of the 13th century),
  • Genestetum (1491),
  • Sanctus Pau1us de Genestet (1555, shield of the diocese ),
  • Geneste (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Nested (1793, Notice Communale ),
  • Ginestet (1801, Bulletin des Lois ),
  • Nested (1873, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne).

Population development

After records began, the size of the community rose to over 500 inhabitants in the first half of the 19th century. From the beginning of the 20th century the number of inhabitants fell to 345 after the Second World War , before a period of strong growth began, which reached a peak of around 820 inhabitants shortly after the turn of the millennium. As a result, stagnation set in that continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 371 385 415 549 708 737 818 794 729
From 1962 official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2010

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur

The church, consecrated to James the Elder , was built in 1880 in neo-Gothic style. The entrance to the vestibule is at the foot of the four-part, pointed bell tower , which is secured with buttresses .

Parish Church of Sainte-Foy Roof turret
Parish Church of Sainte-Foy
Roof turret

Parish Church of Sainte-Foy

The church dedicated to Saint Fides was built in the 19th century in the hamlet of Sainte-Foy-des-Vignes and restored in the same century. The unadorned facade shows an arched entrance portal and a roof turret with a bell.

Economy and Infrastructure

Vineyard of the AOC rosette

Ginestet is located in the AOC des Bergerac with the appellations Bergerac and Côtes de Bergerac and des Rosette , a sweet white wine.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 57

education

The municipality has a public preschool and primary school with 41 students in the 2018/2019 school year.

sport and freetime

Vineyards and forest near the hamlet of Sainte-Foy-des-Vignes
  • The Boucle de Cabanétas - Ginestet circular route is 10.6 km long with a difference in altitude of 74 m. It leads from the center of Ginestet over vineyards and forests through the area of ​​the municipality and neighboring Bergerac.
  • The Boucle du Trésorier - Ginestet circular route is 8.9 km long with a difference in altitude of 72 m. It also leads from the center of Ginestet through vineyards and forests through the area of ​​the municipality and neighboring Bergerac.
  • The short circular route Boucle de Béluzie - Sainte Foy des Vignes - Ginestet is 3 km long with a difference in altitude of 67 m. It leads around the hamlet of Sainte-Foy-des-Vignes.
  • The short circular route Boucle du Brandal - Sainte Foy des Vignes - Ginestet is 2.9 km long with a difference in altitude of 40 m. It also leads around the hamlet of Sainte-Foy-des-Vignes.
  • The Boucle de la Palombière - Ginestet circular route is 8 km long with a difference in altitude of 67 m. It leads from the center of Ginestet over vineyards through the area of ​​the municipality.

traffic

The Route départementale 709, the former Route nationale 709 , Ginestet crossed from north to south and connects the town to the north with a junction of Autoroute A 89 , called La Transeuropéenne , and in the course of Mussidan on the transport route Bordeaux - Périgueux . In the south the D 709 leads to Bergerac. Route départementale 4 crosses Ginestet from southwest to northeast and connects Ginestet in the southwest with La Force , the capital of the canton, and in the northeast with Périgueux. The municipality can also be reached via the départementale route 4E3.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Ginestet ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dordogne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Aire urbaine de Bergerac (109) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ma commune: Ginestet ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  6. ^ Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 134, 1873. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  7. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ a b Notice Communale Ginestet ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Ginestet (24197) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  10. ^ Eglise Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur ( fr ) Observatoire du patrimoine religieux. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ Eglise Sainte-Foy-des-Vignes ( fr ) Observatoire du patrimoine religieux. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  13. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Ginestet (24197) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  14. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ Boucle de Cabanétas - Ginestet ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). January 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  16. ^ Boucle du Trésorier - Ginestet ( fr ) Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN). January 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  17. ↑ Boucle de Béluzie - Sainte Foy des Vignes - Ginestet ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). January 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  18. ↑ Boucle du Brandal - Sainte Foy des Vignes - Ginestet ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). January 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  19. ↑ Boucle de la Palombière - Ginestet ( fr ) Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN). January 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.