La Cassagne

La Cassagne ; La Cassanha
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Terrasson-Lavilledieu
Community association	Terrassonnais en Périgord Noir Thenon Hautefort
Coordinates	45 ° 3 ' N , 1 ° 19' E Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ' N , 1 ° 19' E
height	106-303 m
surface	14.85 km 2
Residents	151 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	24120
INSEE code	24085
	; La Cassagne - Church and rectory

La Cassagne ( Occitan : La Cassanha ) is a place and a municipality ( commune ) in southwestern France with 151 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord in the Dordogne department in the northeast of the Aquitaine region near the border with the neighboring regions of Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées .

location

The place La Cassagne is located in the Périgord Noir near the source of the Coly River at an altitude of about 270 m above sea level. d. M. and about 27 kilometers (driving distance) northeast of Sarlat-la-Canéda . Several individual farms also belong to the community.

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	132	113	112	120	123	146	154

In the 19th century the population of the community was usually well over 500. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture have led to a continuous decline in population since then, which reached its lowest point in the 1970s and 1980s.

economy

Up to the present day agriculture plays the biggest role in the economic life of the municipality. The viticulture that was once operated here was completely given up after the phylloxera crisis towards the end of the 19th century. Tobacco and corn are also on the decline - instead, forests, fields and pastures, but also walnut , chestnut and fruit trees dominate the region. Also, foie gras and truffles are among the best regional cuisine. Some vacant houses are rented out as holiday apartments ( gîtes ).

history

In medieval documents the place is referred to as la Cassaigne (1251), Cassanea (1320) and finally as Cassanha (1365). The church was part of a priory of the Abbey of St-Amand-de-Coly ; Parts of the place probably belonged to a commandery of the Templar Order , whose ownership passed to the Order of St. John after its dissolution in the years 1307-1312 . The landlords ( seigneurs ) of the Domme family also exerted influence on the fortunes of the place at times.

Attractions

West portal of the church

The single-nave parish church of Saint-Barthélemy was originally a priory church of the Abbey of Saint-Amand-de-Coly. The building dates from the 12th century, but was redesigned after the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) so that only the apse , the elevated west portal with two Romanesque capitals and the northern nave wall are original. The south side of the nave was opened around 1600 and a side aisle was added. The church building was classified as a monument historique in 1936 .

Close to the church is the parsonage ( presbytère ) covered with stone shingles ( lauzes ) , which was built around 1600 - possibly using the stones from the demolition of the former outbuildings of the dissolved priory. It is characterized by a round stair tower and two baroque dormer windows and has also been recognized as a monument historique since 1936 .

In the former cemetery there is a stone cross with an octagonal shaft, in the center stone of which is turned by 90 ° the letters MARIA can be seen. It is dated to the 16th century and has been classified as a Monument historique since 1926 .

Near the village is a former tithe barn ( grange dimière ) from the 12th and 15th centuries, which is now used as a private residence. The building is associated with the Knights Templar and has been classified as a Monument historique since 1980 .

Nearby is a dovecote ( pigeonnier ), which must have belonged to a castle ( château ) or manor ( manoir ) that has disappeared .

Source pot of the Coly with a former mill

Rectory with portholes
Stone cross
Former tithe barn
Pigeon house

Surroundings

The source of the Coly River, with its diameter of around 170 m and its depth of around 10 m, is one of the most popular attractions in the north of the municipality.

Personalities

Christine Deviers-Joncour , the lover of former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas , who was involved in the Elf Aquitaine scandal in the 1980s and 1990s , was born in La Cassagne in 1947.

Web links

Commons : La Cassagne - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Église Saint-Barthélemy, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
^ Presbytère, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
↑ Croix, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
↑ Grange dimière, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[1] Église Saint-Barthélemy, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[2] Presbytère, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[3] Croix, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[4] Grange dimière, La Cassagne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)