Monmarvès
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Bergerac | |
| Canton | Sud-Bergeracois | |
| Community association | Communes de Portes Sud Périgord | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 43 ' N , 0 ° 37' E | |
| height | 82-172 m | |
| surface | 5.62 km 2 | |
| Residents | 64 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24560 | |
| INSEE code | 24279 | |
 Tower at Monmarvès |
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Monmarvès is a French municipality with 64 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Bergerac and the canton Sud-Bergeracois (until 2015: canton Issigeac ).
The name in the Occitan language is Mont Marvès . The first part of the name means "hill", "mountain", the origin of the second part of the name is unknown. It could go back to the name of a person beginning with "Marv-".
geography
Monmarvès is located approx. 20 km southeast of Bergerac in the Bergeracois area of the historic Périgord province on the southern border with the neighboring Lot-et-Garonne department .
Monmarvès is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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Boisse |
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Saint-Quentin-du-Dropt (Lot-et-Garonne) |
Cavarc (Lot-et-Garonne) |
Monmarvès is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .
The Nette , a tributary of the Bournègue , irrigates the territory of the commune together with its tributary, the Ruisseau du Grand Pigat, which rises in Monmarvès.
history
Toponymy
Toponyms and mentions of Monmarvès were:
- Monmarvès (1298, common law of Issigeac),
- Mons Mirvesius (1312, collection of the Abbé de Lespine, Issigeac),
- Mons Marvesius (1365, collection of the Abbé de Lespine, castellany of Périgord),
- Montmarvey (1750, map by Cassini ),
- Monmarvés (1793, Notice Communale ),
- Monmarvès (1801, Bulletin des Lois ),
- Mont-Marvès (1873, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne).
Population development
At the beginning of the records at the end of the 18th century, the size of the parish peaked with around 180 inhabitants. In the first half of the 19th century, the population initially fell, but was able to rise again to a relative high of around 170 inhabitants by the middle of the same century. In the period that followed, a long phase of stagnation began, during which the size of the community sank to around 40 inhabitants with short recovery phases by the 1980s, before a moderate growth phase set in, which continues to this day.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 69 | 62 | 44 | 42 | 54 | 57 | 47 | 58 | 64 |
Attractions
Church Sainte-Marie
The parish is the only one in the department that no longer has a church. The earlier church was built in the 12th century and destroyed in the Huguenot Wars . Today only a ruin can be seen with the southern half of the apse and the Romanesque walls of the nave .
Gauthié Castle
The different parts of the castle date from the 15th, 17th and 19th centuries. It has been restored according to the Périgord tradition and is located in the middle of an eight hectare park with centenary trees. The palace complex, which today offers guest rooms, includes a garden, a rose garden and a pond.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture, viticulture and tourism are the most important economic factors in the municipality.
Mescoules is located in the AOC des Bergerac with the appellations Bergerac (blanc, rosé, rouge) and Côtes de Bergerac (blanc, rouge) .
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sport and freetime
The Boucle de la Nette - Monmarvès circular route is 6.5 km long with a difference in altitude of 71 m. It leads on foot or by bike from the center of the municipality to the river of the Nette and its reservoir. The path also leads past the menhir of the neighboring municipality of Boisse, past dovecotes and the tower of a former windmill that once used the wind power at its location on the crest of a hill to produce flour.
traffic
The Route départementale 21, the area crosses the municipality from north to south. It connects Monmarvès in the north with Issigeac, the capital of the former canton, in the south with Castillonnès in the neighboring department Lot-et-Garonne on the Bergerac – Agen traffic axis .
Web links
- Monmarvès on the Pays de Bergerac Tourisme website (French)
- Monmarvès on the Association of Municipalities website (French)
- Information about Bergerac wines
- Gauthié Castle website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ Ma commune: Monmarvès ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ^ Paul Vicomte de Gourgues: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Dordogne ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. 208, 1873. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Monmarvès ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Monmarvès (24279) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ a b Monmarvès ( fr ) Communauté de communes des Portes Sud Périgord. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ a b Château Gauthié ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Monmarvès (24279) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ Boucle de la Nette - Monmarvès ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN). August 1, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.