Montcaret

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Montcaret
Mont Caret
Montcaret (France)
Montcaret
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Bergerac
Canton Pays de Montaigne et Gurson
Community association Montaigne Montravel et Gurson
Coordinates 44 ° 52 ′  N , 0 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 52 ′  N , 0 ° 4 ′  E
height 8-108 m
surface 17.07 km 2
Residents 1,455 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 85 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24230
INSEE code 24289
Website http://www.montcaret.fr/

Montcaret - Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens Church

Montcaret ( Occitan : montcaret ) is a southwestern French municipality with 1455 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Montcaret lies at a height of about 35 meters above sea level. d. M. in the west of the Dordogne department. The nearest larger city is Bergerac , the capital of the arrondissement, about 38 kilometers to the east .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1062 1045 1037 1071 1099 1211 1343 1455

Even in the 19th century, the community usually had around 1000 to 1200 inhabitants.

economy

In earlier times, the inhabitants of the community lived as self-sufficient farmers from agriculture, which also included viticulture and a little cattle farming. Since medieval times, some of the wine produced in the area has been shipped to England in barrels and on rafts or barges via the Dordogne and the ports on the Gironde . The soils of the municipality are now part of the Montravel wine-growing region , but the rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ) also plays an important role in the economic life of the municipality.

history

Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

In the 1st century AD a Roman country estate ( villa rustica ) was built, which was destroyed by the Alamanni in 275 . Rebuilt, it was destroyed again at the beginning of the 5th century. A Benedictine monastery was built in Merovingian times. The first written mention of the place under the name of Mons Caretus comes from the year 1081. Around the middle of the 15th century, the Protestant faith established itself in the rural regions of south-west France. Right at the beginning of the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598), Montcaret also got caught up in the maelstrom of conflicts. Despite the Edict of Nantes issued by Henry IV in 1598 , the religiously motivated unrest broke out again after the king's murder (1610). On February 22nd, 1622 the place of the soldiers of Louis XIII. captured and devastated under the leadership of the Duke of Elbeuf ; many women were raped and many men were killed.

Attractions

  • The most important sights of France from the Roman and Gallo-Roman times include the approximately 4000 square meter ruins of a Roman villa that were uncovered between the 1920s and 1940s . In particular, there are several geometric floor and wall mosaics to be mentioned, as well as a mosaic divided into square fields depicting fish, all of which are now housed in a small museum. The excavation complex was recognized as a Monument historique in 1926 .
  • The apse of the parish church ( Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens ) built in the middle of the ruins of the Roman villa dates back in part to the 11th century, with stones from the villa being reused. After being destroyed in the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) and the Wars of Religion (1562–1598), the church remained in ruins for centuries until it was rebuilt in neo-Romanesque style in the 19th century . The interior of the apse shows several Roman capitals reused as spoils . The building was recognized as a monument historique in 1913 .

  • roman capital

  • Roman capital with 'primitive' lions

  • Roman capital with Romanesque fighter plate

  • Daniel in the lions' den (?)

  • The Protestant church of the place ( temple ) was - after the re-approval of the cult in 1803 - housed in a converted settler house in 1822.
  • There are several windmill stumps, pigeon houses, etc. in the vicinity of the village (→ Weblink)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ruines gallo-romaines, Montcaret in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Montcaret in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)