Lanquais

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Lanquais
Lanquais Coat of Arms
Lanquais (France)
Lanquais
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Bergerac
Canton Lalinde
Community association Communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E
height 40-173 m
surface 14.48 km 2
Residents 496 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24150
INSEE code 24228

Lanquais Castle

Lanquais is a French municipality with 496 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Bergerac and the canton of Lalinde .

The name is Lencais in the Occitan language . It could be a derivative of "Linocassium", which means "oak grove of Linus", a person in Gallo-Roman times .

The inhabitants are called Lanquaisiens and Lanquaisiennes .

geography

Lanquais is about 15 km east of Bergerac in the Bergeracois region of the historic Périgord province .

Lanquais is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Saint-Agne Varennes Couze-et-Saint-Front
Verdon Neighboring communities Bayac
Faux Monsac

Lanquais is located in the catchment area of ​​the Dordogne river .

The Couzeau, one of its tributaries, crosses the area of ​​the municipality and flows into the Dordogne as well as the Ruisseau de la Biède.

The Couzeau at Lanquais
House in Lanquais
Lanquais Town Hall

history

Lanquais was a noble seat that was under the castellany of Beaumont until the 14th century. As a result, Lanquais itself formed a castellany which included four parishes, Lanquais, Varennes, Monmadalès and Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais .

Toponymy

Toponyms and mentions of Lanquais were:

  • Linicassio (entry by Fronto von Périgueux in the martyrology of Rabanus Maurus ),
  • Linquaychs (1276, Chapter of the Cathedral of Périgueux ),
  • Lincays (1286, common rights of Beaumont),
  • Lencasium (1320, font collection of the Abbé de Lespine),
  • Lancais (1359, receipt of the seigneur of Pestilhac ),
  • Lencayschs (1361, Archives of Sainte-Alvère ),
  • Lencays (1363, font collection of the Abbé de Lespine),
  • Lancays (1469, tribute to Jean de la Cropte),
  • Santa Maria de Lancasio and Lencaysium (1476 and 1522, testament in the collection of the Abbé de Lespine),
  • Lencaysch (1554, Archpriesthood of Bayac),
  • Lencaye (dialect),
  • Lanquais (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini or Notice Communale ),
  • Lenquais (1801, Bulletin des Lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of 1,055 in the first half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community decreased with short recovery phases up to the 1920s to a level of around 500 inhabitants, which is still held today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 507 530 532 526 527 513 499 542 496
From 1962 official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2010

Attractions

Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Consecrated in honor of Mary's Assumption into Heaven , the church was built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style and has been redesigned many times over the centuries. The west facade shows a bell gable , which is interrupted at the top by two wall openings for the bells, a very small one in the middle and finally the entrance portal at the foot . It is arched and decorated with archivolts . The facades of the side aisles with separate entrances are located on both outer sides . These are framed with pilasters that support a cornice .

  • Entrance portal

  • Entrance to the north aisle

  • Main nave with a view of the choir

  • Side altar

  • Stained glass window

  • Rose window

  • Rose window

  • Glass window over the entrance portal

Lanquais Castle

barn

The castle and the avenue of elm trees that lead to it have been classified as a monument historique since July 8, 1942 . The west wing, the outbuildings, the castle wall, the courtyard and its grounds have also been classified as Monument historique since September 14, 2010 .

There is a barn near the elm avenue that leads to the castle , which dates from the 15th century. It can be visited and has been registered as a Monument historique since June 17, 1942 . Over the centuries, the building alternately served as a hospital, Protestant church, entertainment hall, wine store, cowshed and finally as a sheepfold under the different owners. It was on the verge of demolition when it was bought in 1975 by the Friends of Lanquais Association, which carried out the first renovation.

Laroque Castle

Laroque Castle

The property was built in the 15th century in the style typical of the Périgord on a rock face above the Couzeau. It has retained its picturesque appearance with its two L-shaped living quarters with a hexagonal tower. On the north facade there are foundations of an earlier development, which like the vaulted cellar probably date from the 13th century. Located in the north of the center of the municipality, the castle once belonged to the fief of the Joas de Laroquede Perponcher family. It then came into the possession of the Lafargue family. A dry moat dug into the rock separates the castle from the rest of the plateau. The castle has been inscribed as a Monument historique since October 12, 1948 . It is privately owned and can only be viewed from the outside.

Economy and Infrastructure

Vineyard of the AOC Côtes de Bergerac

Lanquais is located in the AOC des Bergerac zones with the Bergerac and Côtes de Bergerac appellations .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 49

education

The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 43 pupils in the 2018/2019 school year.

sport and freetime

  • Numerous circular routes through the area of ​​the municipality invite you to walk, hike, bike or ride:
    • Découverte du village - Lanquais (length: 0.7 km, duration: 40 minutes on foot), is a walking tour through the center of Lanquais
    • Boucle des Coteaux - Lanquais (length: 6.4 km) leads across meadows and forests past a former brickworks and Lanquais Castle
    • Boucle des Eaux - Lanquais (length: 10.7 km) leads past streams, ponds and springs and past Lanquais Castle
  • The Bastides et châteaux circular route is 66.8 km long with a difference in altitude of 200 m and also leads through the center of Lanquais. It is a cycling route that goes from Bergerac through the region.

traffic

The Route départementale 37 crosses Lanquais and connects the town with the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Agne in the northeast, north and Varennes in Couze-et-Saint-Front in the northeast. Route départementale 22 connects Lanquais in the southwest with the neighboring municipality of Faux.

Personalities

Viscount Alexis de Gourgues, born on October 12, 1801 in Bordeaux , died on February 17, 1885 in Bordeaux, was a historian and founding member and vice-president of the Société Historique et Archéologique du Périgord . One of his most important works is the Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne from 1873. He owned the Lanquais Castle and retired there after his active days.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dordogne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Lanquais ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. S. 174, 1873. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  5. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Lanquais ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Lanquais (24228) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (ou Saint-Eutrope) ( fr ) Observatoire du patrimoine religieux. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  9. ^ Château de Lanquais ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . September 22, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ Grange ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . November 13, 1995. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  11. ↑ Lanquais . Pays de Bergerac Tourisme. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  12. ^ Château de Laroque ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . September 22, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2018.
  13. ↑ Château de Laroque ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  14. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  15. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lanquais (24228) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  16. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  17. ↑ GR6 - Randonnée de Ste Foy-la-Grande (Gironde) à Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (Dordogne) ( fr ) gr-infos.com. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  18. ↑ Découverte du village - Lanquais ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  19. ^ Boucle des Coteaux - Lanquais ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). August 1, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  20. ^ Boucle des Eaux - Lanquais ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). August 1, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  21. ↑ Bastides et châteaux ( fr ) Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN). January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  22. ↑ Nathalie Mémoire: Alexis de Gourgues (1801–1885) ( fr ) In: Paléo, Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique . Persée. 1990. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  23. ↑ Alexis de Gourgues (1801–1885) ( fr ) Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved November 16, 2018.