Le Fleix
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Bergerac | |
| Canton | Pays de la Force | |
| Community association | Agglomération Bergeracoise | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 15' E | |
| height | 6–157 m | |
| surface | 18.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,485 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 82 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24130 | |
| INSEE code | 24182 | |
| Website | www.lefleix.fr | |
 Le Fleix town hall |
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Le Fleix is a French commune with 1,485 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Bergerac and the canton Pays de la Force (until 2015: canton La Force ).
The name in the Occitan language is Lo Flèis . It is derived from the Latin flexus ( German bend, curvature, winding ) and indicates the geographical location at a bend in the Dordogne .
The inhabitants are called Fleixois and Fleixoises .
geography
Le Fleix is located about 20 km west of Bergerac and thus in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ). The municipality is located in the Bergeracois region of the historic Périgord province on the southwestern border with the neighboring Gironde department .
Le Fleix is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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Saint-Pierre-d'Eyraud |
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Saint-Avit-Saint-Nazaire (Gironde) |
Le Fleix is located on the right bank and thus in the catchment area of the Dordogne river.
Tributaries of the Dordogne cross the territory of the municipality:
- the Barailler with its tributaries,
- the Gouyne, with its tributary,
- the Ruisseau du Cluzeau, and
- the Ruisseau Vieille Gouyne,
- the Gouyne, with its tributary,
- the Ruisseau du Peytavit, which rises in Le Fleix,
- the gane that rises in Le Fleix,
- the Charente, which rises in Le Fleix,
- the patiole that springs in Le Fleix and
- the Rode.
history
The area of the municipality has been settled since the Paleolithic . Since ancient times , the clay allowed the development of pottery and the manufacture of roof tiles and ceramics up to the 19th century. A religious presence in Le Fleix dates back to the 11th century and far earlier. This is evidenced by a tombstone named das Saffarius, Bishop of Périgueux . A monastery in Le Fleix was under the control of the Saint-Martial Abbey of Limoges . Le Fleix was the seat of a castellany which included the parishes of le Fleix, Monfaucon and Ponchat . The Peace of Fleix , which was concluded in the “old” castle on November 26th, 1580 by François-Hercule de Valois, duc d'Alençon and Henry IV , ended the Seventh Huguenot War . With the Reformation there was a Protestant community in Le Fleix. In 1587 the practice of this religion was officially allowed. The first Protestant church was likely destroyed after the Edict of Nantes was revoked . The "second" castle was partially destroyed during the French Revolution and the remaining building was converted into a Protestant church.
Toponymy
Toponyms and mentions of Le Fleix were:
- Fleis ( copy book of the Saint-Martial abbey of Limoges),
- Meat (13th century, church records),
- Ffleys (1273, Wolfenbüttel manuscript),
- Flexus (1364, font collection of the Abbé de Lespine),
- El Fleys (1428, Lenquais font collection),
- le Fleix (1750, map by Cassini ),
- Le Fleix (1793, Notice Communale ),
- Lefleix (1801, Bulletin des Lois ),
- Le Fleix (1873, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne).
coat of arms
The coat of arms was adopted by the municipal council on June 20, 1997 and can be interpreted as follows. The green color is reminiscent of the Dordogne valley, the hills and the vineyards. The rafters mark the bend in the river, which gave the municipality its original name. The bridges symbolize the viaduct with 30 arches and recall the former port activities, the towing and the crossing.
Population development
After records began, the population rose to a peak of 1,600 in the first half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 1,100 inhabitants with relatively short recovery phases up to the 1920s, before a robust growth phase set in that continues to this day.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1129 | 1253 | 1224 | 1241 | 1278 | 1345 | 1408 | 1433 | 1,485 |
Town twinning
Le Fleix has been twinning with Langoat in the French department of Côtes-d'Armor in the Brittany region since 2016 .
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint-Etienne
It was originally built in the 12th century and expanded in 1852 and redesigned in the neo-Gothic style. The Gothic Revival is the high bell tower made of cut stones underlined on the porch.
Le Fleix Castle, subsequently a Protestant church
The castle was built in the 16th century. It was the scene of the Peace of Fleix in 1580. It had eleven rooms on the ground floor, a cellar, a hallway with a prison at the end and a staircase for access to the upper floors. On the first floor there was a gallery supported by stone pilasters . At the transition between the residential wing and the pavilion was a square tower that housed the chapel . The horse stables ran along the wall that surrounded it. A square building with a small tower remains after the destruction during the French Revolution, which was converted into a Protestant church in 1805 and refurbished in 1899. The church is now owned by an association and is used for cultural events. It has been registered as a Monument historique since February 8, 1968 .
Burial mound
It is probably an Iron Age burial site that was examined in 1877. The diameter of the hill is about 15 meters, its height five meters. The access is currently on private property.
More Attractions
- Fortification, wall of the castle, which has now disappeared, the date of construction is unknown
- House named by Caterina de 'Medici . Its north facade has retained the architectural style of the 16th century
- Former leasehold of the castle, probably from the 17th century
- Former watermill of the Seigneurs, probably from the 17th century, now a private residence
- House Parquet, seat of the court of the seigneurs in the 17th and 18th centuries up to the French Revolution, in the 19th century house of boat masters, today privately owned
- Rue du Port, a picturesque street with three iron ship cannons from the era of the French King Louis XIV , which were made upstream and unloaded at Le Fleix for unknown reasons
- Former stoneware factory at the harbor from the end of the 18th century. In 1768 it belonged to Sieur de la Porte, then to Pierre Imbert. In 1770 Jean Iperchain held the post of director. The operation was probably stopped during the French Revolution. The buildings, which are believed to be older than the factory, are now privately owned
- Former stoneware factory du Bourg from the end of the 18th century. The building is dated 1763. In 1788 it was managed by Sieur Bonnet. The operation was probably also stopped during the French Revolution. The building is now privately owned
- Viaduct with 30 arches, each ten meters long. It was built between 1857 and 1858 to guide the towpath and Route départementale 20 over a landslide-prone zone along the bank. It was damaged by a flood in 1912 and partially repaired, but after the flood of 1919, traffic over the viaduct was finally stopped
- Hafenkai from 1861
- Ferry ramp from 1881
- Wash house, built near a spring in the mid-19th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
Le Fleix is located in the AOC des Bergerac with the appellations Bergerac , Côtes de Bergerac and Montravel .
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education
The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 122 pupils in the 2018/2019 school year and the private preschool and elementary school Saint-Joseph with 55 pupils.
sport and freetime
- The GR 6D long-distance hiking trail, a byway of the GR 6 from Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (Gironde department) to Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye ( Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department ), runs partly over the territory of the municipality.
- The Boucle de Cap de Fer - Le Fleix circular route is 7.8 km long with a height difference of 138 m. It leads from the center through the area of the municipality.
traffic
Route départementale 20 crosses Le Fleix from north to south and connects the municipality in the north with a junction of the Autoroute A 89 , called La Transeuropéenne , and further on with Mussidan on the Bordeaux - Périgueux transport axis and in the south with Port-Sainte-Foy -et-ponchapt. Route départementale 32 crosses Le Fleix from west to east and connects it with Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon in the west and Bergerac in the east. Route départementale 32E1 and 130 (Gironde) crosses a bridge over the Dordogne and connects Le Fleix with the neighboring municipality of Saint-Avit-Saint-Nazaire to the south.
Personalities
- Jacques Reclus , born July 27, 1796 in LE Fleix, died April 8, 1882 in Orthez , was a Reformed pastor.
- Jean-Jacques Gourd was born on September 13, 1850 in Le Fleix, died on May 25, 1909 in Pregny-Chambésy in the Swiss canton of Geneva . He was a reformed pastor and philosopher . Jean-Jacques Gourd emigrated to Switzerland and taught philosophy at the University of Geneva .
- Marie Médard, born on April 4, 1921 in Paris , died on April 27, 2013 in Tours , was a librarian and a member of the Resistance during World War II . She was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943, taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp and liberated there on April 23, 1945.
Jacques Reclus (1880)
Plaque in a street in Le Fleix honoring Jean-Jacques Gourd, his father Isaac Gourd and his daughter Émilie Gourd
Marie Médard (1946)
Web links
- Le Fleix on the Pays de Bergerac Tourisme website (French)
- Le Fleix on the association's website (French)
- Information about Bergerac wines
- Le Fleix on the Pays de Bergerac Tourisme website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Dordogne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Aire urbaine de Bergerac (109) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ Ma commune: Le Fleix ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Le Fleix, porte du Bergeracois et du Périgord ( fr ) Commune of Le Fleix. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ a b Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 122, 1873. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ a b Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption ( fr ) Observatoire du patrimoine religieux. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ The Eight Wars of Religion (1562-1598) (details) . Protestant museum. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Le Fleix ( fr ) Pays de Bergerac Tourisme. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Le Fleix ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ Marie du Fleix ( fr ) Pays de Bergerac Tourisme. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune du Fleix (24182) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune du Fleix (24182) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Jumelage ( fr ) Le Fleix municipality. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ Temple protestant ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . September 22, 2015. Accessed November 20, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Marie du Fleix ( fr ) Pays de Bergerac Tourisme. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune du Fleix (24182) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Boucle de Cap de Fer - Le Fleix ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). August 1, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Jacques Reclus (1796–1882) ( fr ) Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Guy Le Comte: Gourd, Jean-Jacques . Historical lexicon of Switzerland. November 30, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ Marie Médard ( fr ) Anonymes, Justes et Persécutés durant la période Nazie dans les communes de France (AJPN). December 13, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2018.