La Croix-du-Perche
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir | |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-le-Rotrou | |
| Canton | Nogent-le-Rotrou | |
| Community association | Terres de Perche | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 17 ' N , 1 ° 3' E | |
| height | 189-260 m | |
| surface | 12.50 km 2 | |
| Residents | 163 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 28480 | |
| INSEE code | 28119 | |
| Website | La Croix-du-Perche | |
.jpg) La Croix-du-Perche - town center with Église Saint-Martin |
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La Croix-du-Perche is a place and a community with 163 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in northern France Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire .
location
La Croix-du-Perche is located in the Perche Regional Nature Park a good 50 km (driving distance) southwest of Chartres at an altitude of approx. 215 m . The next larger town is Nogent-le-Rotrou (approx. 20 km to the west). The climate is influenced to a large extent by the sea and is therefore almost frost-free; Rain (approx. 680 mm / year) falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2017 |
| Residents | 484 | 445 | 421 | 291 | 163 | 163 |
The continuous population decline since the middle of the 19th century is mainly due to the abandonment of small farms and the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.
economy
La Croix-du-Perche has always been a rural community with a high proportion of pasture farming. In addition, the manufacture and sale of charcoal played an important role in human survival.
history
Around 1250 monks from Thiron Abbey founded a priory church ; It is unclear whether the place already existed then or only developed afterwards. A castle (Château Gaillard) is mentioned in the 15th century .
Attractions
- The originally Romanesque , but later changed parish church is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Martin of Tours . The walls of the nave and its wooden vault with tie rods come from a renovation in the 15th and 16th centuries. Century; the church windows were also gothic at that time . The ornament of the nave are the ornamental paintings from 1537 on the wooden vault, which is laterally stabilized by tie rods that are partially carved. The simple, with an altarpiece provided Lettner dates from the 17th or 18th century; two doors lead into the sacristy behind . Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1934 .
- In old texts there is talk of a medieval castle (Château Gaillard) , but nothing of it has survived.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Croix-du-Perche - Map with altitude information .
- ↑ La Croix-du-Perche - Climate tables
- ↑ La Croix-du-Perche - History
- ↑ La Croix-du-Perche - Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ La Croix-du-Perche - Church