Lessac

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Lessac
Lessac (France)
Lessac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Charente-Vienne
Community association Charente limousine
Coordinates 46 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 41 ′  E
height 122-232 m
surface 34.14 km 2
Residents 535 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16500
INSEE code 16181

Lessac is a French municipality with 576 inhabitants (as of 2011) in the north of the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Confolens and the canton of Charente-Vienne .

geography

The village is six kilometers north of Confolens on the D71 road, a few hundred meters west of the Vienne River . The Clouère rises in the district of the municipality .

  • Lessac Town Hall

  • The Saint-Pierre church of Lessac

  • The dolmen

Population development

year 1793 1800 1851 1901 1911 1931 1946 1975 1990 2011
Residents 976 759 899 1027 1044 773 766 591 586 576

Attractions

  • Saint Pierre Church
  • Chapel of Sainte Radegonde in the hamlet of the same name
  • Dolmen Sainte Madeleine on an island in the Vienne . The dolmen was converted into a chapel in the Middle Ages and is a listed building.

Domaine de Boisbuchet

About three kilometers north of the town center is the Domaine de Boisbuchet with the Château de Boisbuchet, built in 1865 on a hill above the Vienne. The palace and the 150-hectare estate were bought in 1989 by the German art collector Alexander von Vegesack , curator and director of the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein , in order to use it for workshops for artists, designers, architects and interested students during the summer months use. A number of experimental buildings have since been erected in the Boisbuchet Architectural Park, including:

  • The Japanese Guest House / La maison d'hôtes japonaise (built in Japan in 1860 and rebuilt in Boisbuchet)
  • The paper pavilion / Le pavillon de papier ( Shigeru Ban , Japan)
  • The bamboo and fiberglass dome / Le dôme en bambou et en fiber de verre ( Jörg Schlaich )
  • The Manege / Le Manège ( Markus Heinsdorff )
  • The Log Cabin / La cabane ( Brückner & Brückner Architects )
  • The bamboo house and the conference pavilion / La maison de bambou et la salle de conferences ( Simón Vélez , Colombia )
  • The pyramid / La pyramide (Brückner & Brückner)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Jill Singer: Q + A: Alexander Von Vegesack. ( Memento from July 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: ID , April 9, 2009, Interview
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.boisbuchet.org
  3. ↑ http://www.boisbuchet.org/visit-the-domaine/architectural-park/
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / architektur.mapolismagazin.com

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