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| local community | Val des Vignes | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 31 ′ N , 0 ° 1 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 16250 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16201 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Mainfonds is a village and a former French community with 237 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the Arrondissement of Angoulême and the Canton of Charente-Sud .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Jurignac , Aubeville , Péreuil and Mainfonds were merged to form a Commune nouvelle called Val des Vignes and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Jurignac.
location
Mainfonds is located about 24 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Angoulême in the cultural landscape of the Angoumois at an altitude of about 90 meters above sea level. d. M.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 196 | 199 | 179 | 166 | 171 | 142 | 162 | 235 |
Until the end of the 19th century, the population of the municipality fluctuated between 300 and 400; As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants then fell continuously to the lows of recent decades.
economy
For centuries, the residents of Mainfonds lived from agriculture; The soils of the former municipality belong to the Fins Bois of the Cognac wine-growing region and so there are several vineyards in the vicinity of the place. Tourism in the form of rental of holiday homes has also contributed to the municipality's income since the 1960s.
history
Medieval place names are Maingfunt (1143) and Magnofonte (1298); both terms mean something like 'great spring'.
Attractions
- The single-nave parish church ( Église Saint-Médard ) with a transept is attributed to the 12th century; however, the side chapels on the transept arms were never completed or have disappeared in the course of history. The central apse, with three windows of different sizes, is structured by pilaster strips ; above it is a surrounding console frieze . The substructure of the square crossing tower is strangely round. The west facade is kept extremely unadorned; the portal framed by two buttresses - which was added later - closes in a segmental arch . The short nave and the two transept arms are barrel vaulted ; the crossing closes in on a Pendentifs resting dome with a central opening for the bells hurry. The church has been recognized as a monument historique since 1926 .
- The estate of the Château des Barrières dates back to the 17th century.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture of October 5th, 2015 establishing the Commune nouvelle Val des Vignes.
- ↑ Église Saint-Médard, Mainfonds in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)