Nastringues
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Bergerac | |
| Canton | Pays de Montaigne et Gurson | |
| Community association | Montaigne Montravel et Gurson | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 9' E | |
| height | 35-114 m | |
| surface | 6.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 117 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24230 | |
| INSEE code | 24306 | |
 Saint-Jean church |
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Nastringues ( Occitan : Nastrengas ) is a southwestern French community with 117 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
location
Nastringues is about 80 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 33 kilometers (driving distance) to the east .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 153 | 112 | 118 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 113 | 117 |
In the first half of the 19th century the community always had around 250 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture , the population has since declined.
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 ) now plays an almost equally important role in the economic life of the municipality.
history
The Romanesque church suggests that the place has been settled since the Middle Ages at the latest. Documented place names are Mararengas , Nastringensis or Vacarengas .
Attractions
- The small parish church of Saint-Jean is still surrounded by the graves of the cemetery ; It is a Romanesque building from the 12th century made of well-worked stone , which was damaged in the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), in the Huguenot Wars (1562-1598) and in the time of the French Revolution , but was repeatedly restored. While the set columns of the unadorned archivolt portal are lost forever, the bell gable was renewed in the 16th century. The single nave nave houses a carved and colored altar and a wooden sculpture of a Mother of God with child from the 17th century.
- There are several houses from the 15th / 16th centuries in the village. Century.
