Ligueux (Dordogne)

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Ligueux
Ligueux coat of arms
Ligueux (France)
Ligueux
local community Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Coordinates 45 ° 18 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 18 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  E
Post Code 24460
Former INSEE code 24239
Incorporation January 1, 2016
status Commune déléguée

Ligueux - abbey church and castle

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Ligueux ( Occitan Ligüers ) is a village and a former French commune (commune) with 291 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the center of the department Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

With effect from January 1, 2016, Ligueux merged with the former municipality of Sorges to form the Commune nouvelle Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord and has the status of a commune déléguée in the new municipality .

Location and climate

The place Ligueux is located in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord just under 20 km northeast of Périgueux or just under 18 km southwest of Thiviers at an altitude of about 160  m . The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 915 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2015
Residents 409 535 452 331 204 290

The continuous decline in population since the second half of the 19th century is mainly due to the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture ; In addition, there is the ongoing closure of small farms.

economy

The community is still largely dominated by agriculture and forestry; Viticulture, which was quite important in earlier times, hardly plays a role anymore, instead the importance of truffles has grown. Small traders, craftsmen and service providers have settled in the village. Since the 1960s, some of the vacant houses have been rented out as holiday apartments ( gîtes ) .

history

In the 12th century, a Benedictine abbey was built - probably at the instigation of Géraud de Salles - which was dissolved in the run-up to the French Revolution . The former abbey church was preserved as a parish church .

The Ligueux railway accident occurred in 1930.

Attractions

  • 19th century church of Saint Thomas
  • Remains of the Benedictine Notre-Dame abbey from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, Monument historique since 1951
  • Château de Ligueux , former residence of the prior with a pigeon tower from the 17th century

  • Saint Thomas Church

  • former monastery church

  • Ligueux Castle

  • Pigeon tower (pigeonnier)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ligueux - climate tables
  2. ^ Ligueux - history and sights
  3. ^ Ligueux - former abbey in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)