Mouton (Charente)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Canton | Boixe-et-Manslois | |
| Community association | Coeur de Charente | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 15' E | |
| height | 57-109 m | |
| surface | 9.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 224 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16460 | |
| INSEE code | 16237 | |
| Website | Aunac | |
 Mouton - the village with the Saint-Martial church |
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Mouton ( Occitan : identical) is a place and a community with 224 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community consists of several hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads .
location
The place Mouton lies on the south bank of the river Son-Sonnette at an altitude of about 70 m above sea level. d. M. in the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois , part of the Charente landscape and is about 37 km (driving distance) in a northerly direction from the city of Angoulême .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 587 | 637 | 362 | 280 | 223 | 226 |
The continuous decline in population in the 20th century is essentially due to the consequences of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .
economy
The place and its surroundings were dominated by agriculture for centuries; most of the people lived on the produce of their fields and gardens, self-sufficient . Craftsmen and small traders settled in the village. In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, viticulture was promoted, but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - it is no longer of any importance. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ).
history
In the municipality there is a piece of an old Roman road that is connected to Via Agrippa . In 910, Aymar, Count of Poitiers at the time , bequeathed the church to Saint-Martial Abbey in Limoges ; Church and place thus became a priory .
Attractions
- The facade of the Romanesque priory church and today's parish church of Saint-Martial , which is built from precisely hewn stones and is divided into three parts by four superimposed half-columns, shows on the ground floor the triumphal arch scheme typical of churches in the Charente with side - slightly raised - glare portals . While the central portal was later slightly reduced in size and given a Gothic pointed arch , the tympanum fields in the side arches were retained - they each show an Agnus Dei and a lion above a block frieze . The south side of the nave and the Vierungsbereichs are arcades displayed. In the 15th century, the nave above the old console frieze was raised by about 1.50 m in order to be able to draw in a vault; the also renewed apse closes with a flat wall. The church building was recognized as a monument historique in 1955 .
- Saint-Martial church
facade
lamb
lion
South side
Console figure
- A spring rises in the immediate vicinity of the church. In front of it there is a washing area ( lavoir ) built in the 19th century .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mouton - Viticulture
- ↑ Église Saint-Martial, Mouton in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)