Plaisance (Dordogne)

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Plaisance
Plaisance (France)
Plaisance
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Bergerac
Canton Sud-Bergeracois
Community association Communes de Portes Sud Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 42 '  N , 0 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 '  N , 0 ° 34'  E
height 57-157 m
surface 24.75 km 2
Residents 423 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24560
INSEE code 24168
Website www.plaisance24.com

House in the district of Eyrenville

Plaisance is a French municipality with 423 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Bergerac and the canton Sud-Bergeracois (until 2015: canton Issigeac ).

The name in the Occitan language is Plasença and comes from the French "Plaisance", which in turn is a derivative of the French "plaisant" ( German  pleasant ).

The inhabitants are called Plaisanciers and Plaisancières .

geography

Plaisance is located approx. 20 km south-southeast of Bergerac in the Bergeracois area of the historic Périgord province on the southern border with the neighboring Lot-et-Garonne department .

Plaisance is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Saint-Perdoux Monsaguel Issigeac
Saint-Capraise-d'Eymet
Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech 		Neighboring communities Monmarvès
Lalandusse
(Lot-et-Garonne) 		Cahuzac
(Lot-et-Garonne) 		Saint-Quentin-du-Dropt
(Lot-et-Garonne)

Plaisance lies in the catchment area of ​​the Garonne River .

The Dropt , a tributary of the Garonne, forms the natural border with the neighboring municipalities of Cahuzac and Lalandusse in the neighboring Lot-et-Garonne department.

Tributaries of the Dropt cross the area of ​​the municipality,

  • the Mauroux which springs in Plaisance and
  • the Banège with its tributaries,
    • the Cendronne and
    • the Courbarieux.

history

On January 1, 1973, the former parishes Falgueyrat , Mandacou and Eyrenville merged to form the newly created parish Plaisance, with the former parishes being given the status of a Commune associée . The main town of Plaisance was Eyrenville. In a referendum on January 17, 2010, the union was transformed into a simple merger of the three communes associées , in which the former municipalities were integrated into Plaisance.

Population development

After the establishment of the new municipality, the population initially fell to a low of around 390 in the early 1990s. In the following period, the size of the municipality rose to a high of around 470 inhabitants in the first decade of the 21st century, before another phase of the Stagnation began.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents - - 421 406 392 410 469 453 423
Official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2010

Attractions

  • Parish church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Eyrenville
  • La Grèze Castle in Eyrenville
  • Foussal Castle in Eyrenville
  • Parish church of Saint-Jean in Falgueyrat
  • Parish church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens in Mandacou

  • Parish church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Eyrenville

  • Parish church of Saint-Jean in Falgueyrat

  • Parish church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens in Mandacou

Economy and Infrastructure

Vineyard at Eyrenville

The main focus of the municipality's agricultural activities is on grain beech, viticulture and cattle breeding.

Plaisance is located in the AOC des Bergerac zones with the Bergerac and Côtes de Bergerac appellations .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 64

sport and freetime

  • The Boucle d'Issigeac circular route is 16.1 km long with a difference in altitude of 66 m. It runs from the center of Issigeac through the territory of the municipalities of Issigeac and Plaisance.

traffic

The Route nationale 21 forms the Bergerac – Agen traffic axis in this area and crosses Plaisance from north to south. The Route départementale 15, the area crosses the municipality from northwest to southeast and connects it to the west with the neighboring municipality of Saint-Capraise-d'Eymet, in the south of Cahuzac. Route départementale 25 crosses the area of ​​the municipality from northeast to southwest and connects it in the northeast with the neighboring municipality and capital of the former canton of Issigeac, in the southwest with Eymet , the capital of today's canton.

Plaisance is linked to other communes in the department by a line on the Transpérigord bus network from Bergerac to Eymet.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Plaisance ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dordogne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ma commune: Plaisance ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  5. ^ La petite gazette ( fr , PDF) Municipality of Plaisance. S. 5. January 1, 2010. Accessed December 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ PLAISANCE, histoire contemporaine et histoires anciennes ( fr ) Municipality of Plaisance. S. February 3, 2010. Accessed December 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ Notice Communale Plaisance ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Plaisance (24168) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  9. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Plaisance (24168) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ GR636 - Randonnée de Monbazillac (Dordogne) à Lacapelle-Biron (Lot-et-Garonne) ( fr ) gr-infos.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  12. ↑ La voie de Vézelay ( fr ) Agence de Coopération Interrégionale et Réseau “Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle”. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  13. ^ Boucle d'Issigeac ( fr ) Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN). August 1, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.