Monteton

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Monteton
Monteton Coat of Arms
Monteton (France)
Monteton
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Marmande
Canton Les Coteaux de Guyenne
Community association Pays de Duras
Coordinates 44 ° 37 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 37 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  E
height 33-128 m
surface 13.81 km 2
Residents 331 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47120
INSEE code 47187
Website Monteton

Monteton - town view

Monteton is a place and a multi hamlets and farmsteads southern French community with 331 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Monteton is located on a hill in the Agenais about 72 kilometers northwest of Agen or about 19 kilometers northeast of Marmande at an altitude of about 91 m above sea level. d. M. The climate is temperate and is largely influenced by the Atlantic ; Rain falls throughout the year.

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2014
Residents 931 721 484 395 238 301

The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture have led to a continuous population decline since the second half of the 19th century, which has only come to a standstill in the last few decades.

economy

For centuries, the residents of the community lived on the produce of their fields and gardens, self-sufficient ; cattle breeding and viticulture were also carried out. Craftsmen, small traders and service providers also settled in the village. Since the 1960s, some of the vacant houses, but also new buildings, have been used as holiday apartments ( gîtes ) . Monteton has regained new importance as a wine town; the wines produced here are marketed under the appellations Agenais , Comté Tolosan and Côtes du Marmandais .

history

In the 11th or 12th centuries, monks of the Benedictine abbey of Sarlat-la-Canéda maintained a priory in La Sauvetat-du-Dropt , only 9 km away ; They also cleared land in the Monteton area and built an imposing church. During the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between England and France and the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598), the place seems to have been spared.

Attractions

Château de Monteton
  • The lower part of the apse of the former priory and today's parish church of Notre-Dame is built from precisely hewn stones; the upper part, the entire nave and the west facade with its four-part bell gable were built from only slightly hewn rubble stones . All outer walls are stabilized by buttresses . The small Gothic portal is on the south side. The four-bay nave , the thick outer walls of which provide additional structural security, is covered by a barrel vault with belt arches slightly pointed at the apex ; the apse has the usual dome vault . Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1926 .

  • overall view

  • West facade with bell gable

  • Nave

  • apse

  • The Château de Monteton was built in the 17th century on the site of a ruined and demolished medieval castle. It was inhabited until the beginning of the 20th century, but then the building, which was classified as a Monument Historique in 2008, was abandoned. Two families are taking care of a partially modern conversion for residential purposes.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monteton - Map with altitude information
  2. ↑ Marmande / Monteton - climate tables
  3. ↑ Monteton - Viticulture
  4. ↑ Église Notre-Dame, Monteton in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Château, Monteton in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)