Labretony

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Labretony
Coat of arms of Labretonie
Labretonie (France)
Labretony
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Marmande
Canton Tonneins
Community association Lot and Tolzac
Coordinates 44 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 22 ′  E
height 49-138 m
surface 11.80 km 2
Residents 180 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47350
INSEE code 47122

Labretonie is a French commune of 180 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Marmande and the canton of Tonneins (until 2015: canton of Castelmoron-sur-Lot ).

The name has its origins in a colony of Bretons who settled in the area during the construction of Bonaguil Castle .

The inhabitants are called Labretoniens and Labretoniennes .

geography

Labretonie is about 16 km east of Marmande in the historic province of Agenais .

Labretonie is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:

Saint-Barthélemy-d'Agenais Tourtrès
Agmé Neighboring communities
Hautesvignes Verteuil-d'Agenais

Labretonie lies in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Canaule , a tributary of the Trec de la Greffière , crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributary, the Rieucaud.

history

In the 19th century, a copper shrine was found that contained jewelry, precious stones, bars and coins from around 270 and thus proves a settlement during this period.

Labretonie stepped onto the stage of history in 1217 when the village was devastated during the Albigensian Crusade . Despite its relatively small size, the village had three parish churches over the centuries, which shows the importance of the church .

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of around 515 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 160 inhabitants during short recovery phases by the turn of the millennium, before a phase of moderate growth began.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 223 186 180 192 169 159 171 178 180
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint Martin

The former parish church was on the site of the cemetery. It was in a state of disrepair when it was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century and rebuilt according to plans by the architect of the Dupont arrondissement. Its current location was made available by Jacques Delfieux in 1871. The work was carried out by the entrepreneur Jean Roumanès under the supervision of Jacques Delfieux from 1872 to 1876. The helmet of the bell tower , which was built in 1882, had to be repaired by Etienne Constantin in 1894. However, the structure showed signs of brittleness. That is why anchors were installed in 1901 under the direction of the architect Touron from Marmande to increase the stability .

The church is structured in a nave with a nave and two side chapels that form a false transept, an apse with cut corners and a free-standing bell tower with a porch. The walls are made of quarry stone made of tuff , those of the bell tower are made of ashlar .

Inside the church, capitals are decorated with foliage . The names of Pastor Ada and the Bishop of Agen , Hector-Albert Chaulet-d'Oultremont, who were in their offices at the time of the new building, have been written on keystones . The first keystone shows a square and a compass , the second the coat of arms of Bishop Hector-Albert Chaulet-d'Oultremont, the third the coat of arms of Pope Pius IX. , the fourth a ciborium and a missal , that of the choir finally the Agnus Dei .

None of the fixtures and fittings from the previous church were used in the new building, as the roof of the old building had collapsed before 1806 and from then on they were exposed to the weather. The entire equipment of today's parish church was accordingly procured anew shortly after the construction. A new main altar by the marble cutter Charles Rigo was inaugurated in 1997.

Thirteen stained glass windows are works by the glass painter Joseph Villiet from Bordeaux , which he created in 1873.

In the lancets of the ogival windows they show the following motifs and biblical people:

Parish Church of Saint-Jean

The church with its now abandoned cemetery is located in the hamlet of Saint-Jean on a slight hill. The walls of the choir and the north side of the nave are pierced by narrow, round light openings. This suggests a building in the 12th or early 13th century. The walls of the apse are made of quarry stone made of tuff, those of the nave are made of ashlar. The west facade has a bell gable at its top and is reinforced with two buttresses . Its recessed arched entrance portal is decorated with rod ornamentation. The facade was created during a restoration in the 17th century. Repairs have recently been made to the north and south walls of the nave. Inside, dazzling columns separate the choir from the nave.

Parish Church of Saint Vincent

The church is on a step near a spring and the old road from Saint-Barthélemy-d'Agenais to Verteuil-d'Agenais . The western entrance portal shows with the rod ornamentation of the archivolts that the church was built no earlier than the 16th century. The walls are made of ashlar made of tuff with an outer cladding of tuff and bricks arranged like a checkerboard on the outer wall of the nave. The apse has cut corners. The west facade is reinforced by two buttresses and crowned with a triangular bell gable with an opening for the bell. The years "1764" and "1765", like various other graffiti, are engraved on stones on the facade and the north side of the choir. The bronze bell from 1831 was bought in 1834, only a little later after the building was repaired. The tiled roof of the church has collapsed and the sacristy to the south has been destroyed.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is one of the most important economic factors in the municipality.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 43

traffic

Labretonie is crossed by Route départementale 314.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Labretonie ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lot-et-Garonne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Labretonie ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ Notice Communale Labretonie ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  5. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Labretonie (47122) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  6. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Martin ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . June 26, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ Le mobilier de l'église paroissiale Saint-Martin ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 10, 2001. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  8. ↑ ensemble de 13 verrières: Sacre Coeur, Les Evangélistes, Mort de saint Joseph, Annonciation, Saint Martin, Saint Bernard, Sainte Philomène, Saint Germaine, Saint Paul, Saint Pierre (baies 0 à 12) ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 10, 2001. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  9. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Jean ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . June 26, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Vincent ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . June 26, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  11. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Labretonie (47122) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 8, 2019.