Lhoumois

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Lhoumois
Lhoumois (France)
Lhoumois
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Parthenay
Canton La Gâtine
Community association Parthenay-Gâtine
Coordinates 46 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  W
height 95-172 m
surface 9.67 km 2
Residents 147 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 79390
INSEE code 79149

Lhoumois - Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Lhoumois is a place and a western French community with 147 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads .

location

The municipality of Lhoumois is located on the east bank of the Thouet River in the historic landscape of the Gâtine poitevine at an altitude of approx. 155 m above sea level. d. M. about 16 km (driving distance) northeast of Parthenay or about 52 km northwest of Poitiers .

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 263 489 452 326 146 155

The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to job losses as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .

economy

The residents of the village and the surrounding hamlets and farmsteads lived for centuries as self-sufficient sources from their fields and gardens; Viticulture and livestock farming were also practiced to a small extent. Agriculture continues to play a leading role in the municipality's economic life.

history

Place names such as Laigne (1179) or Lomaye (1428) are mentioned in medieval documents ; the place belonged to the Baronnie von Parthenay for a long time.

Attractions

  • The single-nave parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was built in the 12th century, but only the tower and the western parts of the nave date from this time; the vestibule ( narthex ), the transept and the flat-closing apse were added later. Noteworthy are the precise stone work and the four twin windows in the tower - each separated by a slender column .
Château de la Roche-Faton
  • The Château de la Roche-Faton ( 46 ° 42 ′ 57 ″  N , 0 ° 8 ′ 1 ″  E ), located about two and a half kilometers northwest of the town, resembles some of the castles on the Loire in its appearance . A previous building from the 12th century was set on fire in the course of the armed conflict between Armagnaks and Burgundians in 1417. The rebuilding or partial reconstruction of the formerly surrounded by a moat ( douves ) and now three-winged, which only contains cross-frame and rectangular windows , began in 1544; Smaller extensions were added in the 17th century. The privately owned building has been protected as a Monument historique since 1973 .
  • The Jardin du Gué is a beautiful 4-hectare garden consisting of seven individual gardens, which were designed and maintained after 1996 by the buyers of a former mill site.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Château de la Roche-Faton, Lhoumois in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)