Oroux

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Oroux
Oroux (France)
Oroux
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Parthenay
Canton La Gâtine
Community association Parthenay-Gâtine
Coordinates 46 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W
height 142-177 m
surface 6.56 km 2
Residents 95 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 79390
INSEE code 79197

Oroux - Château

Oroux is a place and a western French municipality with 95 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

Oroux is located in the historical landscape of the Gâtine poitevine at an altitude of approx. 160 m above sea level. d. M. about 19 km (driving distance) south of Airvault or about 16 km northeast of Parthenay .

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 207 291 288 191 107 109

The population decline is mainly due to job losses as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived on the yields of their fields and gardens as self-sufficiency . Viticulture and livestock farming were also practiced to a small extent. Agriculture continues to play a leading role in the municipality's economic life.

history

An old Roman road ran near Oroux , connecting Poitiers ( Limonum ) with Angers ( Juliomagus ). In the Middle Ages, the route was used as the Way of St. James ( Via Turonensis ) and was fortified by a castle, from which today's castle gradually developed in the centuries that followed.

Attractions

  • The Château de Maurivet stands on Gallo-Roman foundations; It was built between 1490 and 1530, changed hands several times from the 15th to the 19th century and has been repeatedly restored. Today it consists of a two-storey three-wing complex with several annex buildings. It is privately owned; Parts were classified as a monument historique in 1988 .
  • The parish church of Saint-Martin is a building in simple rural-Gothic style forms, which was damaged and repaired repeatedly during the wars of religion and the Vendée uprising .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oroux - Viticulture
  2. ↑ Château de Maurivet, Oroux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)