Juignac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême | |
| Canton | Tude-et-Lavalette | |
| Community association | Lavalette Tude Dronne | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 23 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 62-188 m | |
| surface | 24.18 km 2 | |
| Residents | 408 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16190 | |
| INSEE code | 16170 | |
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Juignac ( Occitan : identical) is a municipality and a town with 408 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the western French department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads .
location
The place Juignac is located in the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois , part of the Charente , at an altitude of around 150 m above sea level. d. M. and is about 36 km (driving distance) in a southerly direction from the city of Angoulême .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,100 | 1,177 | 801 | 569 | 498 | 394 |
The continuous population decline since the end of the 19th century is mainly due to the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .
economy
While the residents of the village lived for centuries as self-sufficiency from the yields of their fields and gardens, viticulture was promoted in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period , but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - the old volume level never achieved has reached again. Tourism also plays a not insignificant role for the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
In the Middle Ages, the place was on a branch line of the Way of St. James ( Via Turonensis ); the church of the place belonged to a priory around which the place developed.
Attractions
- The former priory church and today's parish church of Saint-Nazaire was built in the 12th century and is made of well-hewn stones; however, multiple modifications changed its external appearance. The apse , divided by half-columns with resting arcade arches, is to be emphasized , the exposed windows with inserted columns ensure a further loosening of the wall and the room. The apse calotte , on the other hand, is completely unstructured and without decoration. Today's altar and the two angels kneeling to the side are works of the 19th century.
- outside
- About one kilometer northeast of the village is the Benedictine monastery of Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Maumont, founded in 1957 by nuns from Saint-Jean-d'Angély . It is located in the abandoned buildings of the former Château de Maumont , but was expanded enormously with additions in the following years. The abbey buildings partially serve as a retirement home; In addition, the nuns host guests and make liturgical vestments.
Web links
- Abbaye de Maumont website (French)