La Tremblade
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rochefort | |
| Canton | La Tremblade | |
| Community association | Royan Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 1 ° 9 ′ W | |
| height | 0-62 m | |
| surface | 69.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,336 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 63 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17390 | |
| INSEE code | 17452 | |
| Website | www.la-tremblade.com/fr | |
 La Tremblade - houses of the oystercatchers |
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La Tremblade is a municipality in southwestern France with 4,336 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . The seaside resort of Ronce-les-Bains also belongs to the municipality .
location
La Tremblade is located near the northern tip of the Arvert peninsula in the estuary of the Seudre in the old cultural landscape of the Saintonge about 51 kilometers (driving distance) west of Saintes and about 23 kilometers north of Royan .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 4685 | 4925 | 5148 | 4686 | 4623 | 4474 | 4489 |
La Tremblade recorded steady population growth in the 19th and 20th centuries: at the first census in 1793 it was about 2,500 inhabitants; in 1901 about 3,600 inhabitants.
economy
About 80% of the large municipal area is forested ( Forêt de la Coubre ) and so forestry and fishing have played the most important role in the economic life of the place for centuries; Since the middle of the 20th century , oysters have been grown in the estuary of the Seudre, which is influenced by the tides of the Atlantic and is therefore permeated by seawater. Since the 1980s, tourism (bathing and recreational tourism, rental of holiday apartments) has been added as a source of income.
history
The history of La Tremblade goes back a long way: Paleolithic finds made of flint material and Neolithic ceramic shards were discovered in the municipality, which are shown in the town hall of the municipalities. The Celts and Romans left no traces, however, and so the actual history of the place begins in the Middle Ages: In 1189 the landlord ( seigneur ) of Mornac donated lands to the Grammontese order , which soon afterwards became a small priory ( Notre-Dame de La Garde ) were expanded. Soon afterwards, another monastic community ( Notre-Dame de La Couronne ) arose in the vicinity and the Cluniacians also had a settlement on the peninsula, which was destroyed by the sand of the dunes and storms in the late Middle Ages. In the 16th century, Protestantism gained more and more ground in southwest France, which ultimately led to the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598). After the edict of Nantes was repealed under Louis XIV in 1685, many Protestants decided to emigrate to New France , i. H. especially in what is now the Canadian province of Québec . During this time, La Tremblade was an important port for the emigrant ships that reported rich fishing grounds near Newfoundland on their return trip . After the port of Rochefort was founded in 1666 under the finance minister of Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Colbert , the importance of La Tremblade declined to the rank of a fishing village. In 1758 Jean-Charles de La Ferté, marquis de Saint-Nectaire , who a year earlier from Louis XV. had been appointed Maréchal de France and had subsequently acquired the baronies of Arvert and Saujon, the seat of his manor after La Tremblade.
At the beginning of the French Revolution , the place had about 2,000 inhabitants. In the 19th century the place experienced an economic heyday: after 1860 the seaside resort of Ronce-les-Bains was established and in 1876 La Tremblade was the fifth largest port in France - from here, too, grain and wine or cognac were transported to the north of France or Shipped in Europe. During the Second World War , the entire Atlantic coast of France was occupied by the Germans, who set La Tremblade on fire when they withdrew.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in La Tremblade
- The parish church of Sacré-Cœur is a three-nave neo - Gothic building with six bays and an adjoining transept from the years 1880-1894. It was built on the site of a dilapidated Protestant church ( temple ), which, however, had served the Catholic cult for a long time. The imposing rib-vaulted church building still essentially contains its equipment (glass windows, furniture) in the historicist style of the late 19th century. The slender west tower towers over the building; his pointed stone helmet was badly damaged in the storm in 1999, but was soon replaced. Above the portal there is a niche with a Sacred Heart figure and the Christ word ' Venite ad Me omnes ' ( Mt 11.28 EU ).
- The Protestant church ( temple ) is a building in the classicism style , which was built on the site of a previous building from 1610 and inaugurated on August 24, 1823 - the anniversary of St. Bartholomew's Night in Paris in 1572. In the late 18th century, the Marshal de Sénecterre a liberal religious policy and so in La Tremblade the Protestants were given a house to practice their faith, which at that time was still not allowed to be practiced in public.
- The 64 meter high lighthouse of La Coubre ( Phare de La Coubre ) stands in the dunes created by the sand and wind of the Atlantic Ocean and is surrounded by the maritime pine forests at the tip of the Arvert peninsula. It dates from 1895 and replaced two significantly smaller previous buildings. Its beacon can still be seen from 80 kilometers away when the weather is clear.
- The market hall ( hall ) dates from 1864. The exterior walls with windows are made of stone with brick fillings ; only the roof structure is made of iron. Markets take place daily, with fish and oysters playing the central role.
La Tremblade Market Hall
View over the district of Ronce-les-Bains
Sacré-Cœur Church
Phare de La Coubre
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Partner communities
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 1148-1151.
