Le Poët-en-Percip
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Nyons et Baronnies | |
| Community association | Baronnies en Drôme Provençale | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 15 ′ N , 5 ° 24 ′ E | |
| height | 791-1,391 m | |
| surface | 6.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 17 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26170 | |
| INSEE code | 26242 | |
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Le Poët-en-Percip ( Occitan : identical) is a municipality and a town with 17 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Drôme in the southern French region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Since 2015 the place belongs to the " Parc naturel régional des Baronnies Provençales ".
location
Le Poët-en-Percip is located at an altitude of approx. 1030 m at the end of a long, winding and steep mountain road that leads from the small town of Nyons , located approx. 42 km to the northwest , via Buis-les-Baronnies .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 108 | 140 | 83 | 31 | 17th | 18th |
The continuous decline in population is mainly due to the remote location of the place and the loss of jobs as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .
economy
The inhabitants of the place lived for centuries as a self-sufficiency from agriculture (agriculture and cattle breeding). Wine was also grown; The place still has the right to market its grapes through the Appellations Comtés Rhodaniens , Coteaux des Baronnies , Mediterranée and Drôme ; but because of the altitude, wine is hardly grown any more. Instead, there are olive, apricot, cherry and apple trees to a lesser extent; there are also numerous lavender fields . Since the last decades of the 20th century, tourism has played an important role in the economic life of the place in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) .
history
The place name part Poët is derived from the Latin word podium or from the Occitan words Puy or Pic , all of which mean 'summit' or 'mountain peak'. Le Poët-en-Percip was a historical center of the baronnies and was the residence of a noble lady named Domina Percipia in the Middle Ages . Under the Ancien Régime it was an independent municipality with a self-governing citizens' assembly.
Attractions
- The village image is characterized by various buildings made of quarry stone.
- The Château de Brotin was a fortified house ( maison forte ).
- The parish church ( Église Saint-Simon ) is a single-nave building with an unadorned portal, a round window and a towering bell gable ( clocher mur ). The nave is vaulted and has a simple baptismal font , which is now used as a holy water font .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Poët-en-Percip - Viticulture
- ^ Roger Pierre: Libertés et contraintes des communautés villageoises dans les pays de la Drôme à la veille de la Révolution . In Études drômoises , 1985, p. 21