Larzac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda | |
| Canton | Vallée Dordogne | |
| Community association | Vallée de la Dordogne and Forêt Bessède | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 45 ′ N , 1 ° 1 ′ E | |
| height | 103–245 m | |
| surface | 6.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 144 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24170 | |
| INSEE code | 24230 | |
 Church Sainte-Madeleine |
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Larzac ( Occitan : identical) is a place and a southwestern French community ( commune ) with 144 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
location
The place Larzac is in the Périgord Noir at an altitude of about 140 m above sea level. d. M. about 37 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Sarlat-la-Canéda ; Pays de Belvès is only about six kilometers north.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 105 | 106 | 117 | 105 | 115 | 134 | 135 |
In the 19th century the population of the community was always between 250 and 350. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs as a result of the mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the population to the lows in the 1960s and 1970s.
economy
The agriculture, which has been practiced for centuries for the purpose of self-sufficiency, is still of great economic importance for the community today. The viticulture, which was formerly also operated here, was completely given up after the phylloxera crisis; 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
From the 13th century until the French Revolution , Larzac belonged to the castellany of Belvès, which was temporarily under the control of the bishops of Bordeaux .
Attractions
- The parish church , consecrated to St. Mary Magdalene , is a single-nave Romanesque building from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. The stones used in the construction are halfway precisely hewn and walled up in a bond. The semicircular apse had only three small and narrow windows; the later built-in windows of the nave , on the other hand, are somewhat larger, left- wing and show simple Gothic tracery in the pointed arch : otherwise they are also without any accompanying ornaments ( profiles , pillars, etc.). On the south side there is a simple arched portal . In the west facade, which was redesigned in the 15th century with significantly better processed stones, there is a late Gothic portal and a round window with fish bubble tracery , which are framed by mighty buttresses . The facade closes at the top with a three-part rectangular bell gable ( clocher mur ). The church was already classified as a monument historique in 1913 .
Surroundings
- An approximately one kilometer east of the location ( 44 ° 44 '59 " N , 1 ° 1' 8" O ) farmhouse detached was in the 1990s to a Buddhist Zen (-Sanctuary Ho Sho Ji '=, enlightened peak) Japanese with a Rock garden remodeled.
- The Viaduc de Larzac ( 44 ° 44 ′ 58 ″ N , 1 ° 0 ′ 28 ″ E ) is only 150 m north of the village and is interesting for railway enthusiasts . The imposing structure, describing a slight curve, was completed in 1863, is approx. 321 m long and has 21 arches. One track on the originally two-lane route from Périgueux to Agen was dismantled by German soldiers in 1943 and has not been repaired since.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Sainte-Madeleine, Larzac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)