Ligné (Charente)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Charente North | |
| Community association | Coeur de Charente | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ' N , 0 ° 7' E | |
| height | 52-119 m | |
| surface | 7.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 159 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16140 | |
| INSEE code | 16185 | |
 Ligné - medieval cemetery |
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Ligné is a place and a community with 159 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads .
location
The place Ligné is about three kilometers from the north bank of the Charente river at an altitude of about 70 m above sea level. d. M. in the north of the Charente department in the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois , part of the Charente landscape . The place is about 42 km (driving distance) north from the city of Angoulême and about 83 km south-west from Poitiers . The river Bief runs along the eastern border of the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 614 | 550 | 343 | 260 | 158 | 162 |
The decline in population since the late 19th century is mainly due to the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .
economy
The place and its surroundings were dominated by agriculture for centuries; most people lived on a self-sufficient basis ; In the village itself, various craft and service professions developed . In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, viticulture was promoted, but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th century - was almost stopped. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ).
history
The region was already settled in the Neolithic ; the remains of the foundations of a country estate ( villa rustica ) date from Gallo-Roman times . Small Carolingian finds were made near the church . The place name Leigniaco has been handed down from the Middle Ages ; there was a priory here.
Attractions
- The unadorned parish church of Notre-Dame , surmounted by a simple bell gable ( clocher mur ), stands on the site of a medieval priory church , which in turn may be related to a coming of the Knights Templar , which was dissolved in 1307-12 .
- The Hosanna cross on a multi-tiered round base in the cemetery bears the year 1654. It probably replaced an older, significantly higher funeral lamp and was recognized in 1973 as a monument historique .
- There are numerous unlabelled and undated sarcophagus plates in the town's cemetery.
- The rarely used Protestant temple comes from the first half of the 19th century. Above the unadorned portal a table with the Bible commandment Tu ne feras pas d'image taillée ( "You shall not make any graven image ..." ( Ex 20.4 EU )).
- The Logis de la Grange comes mostly from the 30s of the 19th century; however, it contains older parts from the 17th century (e.g. the pigeon house ). It has been on the inventory of the Monuments historiques since 1986 .
outside
Web links
- Ligné, graves - photo + info (French)
- Ligné, history and sights - information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ligné - viticulture
- ^ Prieuré Notre-Dame, Ligné in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Croix monumentale, Ligné in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Croix hosannière, Ligné in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Monuments Sépulcraux, Ligné in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Temple, Ligné in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Ferme la Grange, Ligné in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)