Plaisians

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Plaisians
Plaisians (France)
Plaisians
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Nyons
Canton Nyons et Baronnies
Community association Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Coordinates 44 ° 14 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  E
height 391-1,364 m
surface 29.64 km 2
Residents 199 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26170
INSEE code 26239

Plaisians - church

Plaisians ( Occitan : identical) is a place and a community with 199 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Drôme in the southern French region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The hamlet of Les Girards also belongs to the municipality .

location

The place Plaisians is located on a mountain flank at the end of a remote valley in the southwest of the Drôme department, near the border with the Vaucluse department at an altitude of about 640  m ; the next larger cities, Nyons and Carpentras , are around 35 km (driving distance) northwest and 45 km southwest respectively.

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2016
Residents 669 719 452 166 175 197

The population decline at the end of the 19th and in the first half of the 20th century is mainly due to the remote location of the place and the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture .

economy

The inhabitants of the place lived for centuries as a self-sufficiency from agriculture (agriculture and cattle breeding). Wine was also grown; the place still has the right to market its grapes through the Appellations Comtés Rhodaniens , Coteaux des Baronnies , Mediterranée and Drôme ; There are still vineyards in the area around the village, but there is only one vintner in the village. Since the last decades of the 20th century, tourism has played an important role in the economic life of the place in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) .

history

The place is first mentioned in the 13th century. Guillaume de Plaisians , an adviser to Philip the Fair , came from here.

Attractions

  • The Gorges de Clue form a natural fortress wall and virtually separate the place from the outside world.
  • The houses of the small town - although sometimes built more recently - largely of rubble masonry and with quarry stone clad.
  • The single-nave parish church of Saint-Blaise was restored a few years ago.
  • The remains of a medieval castle can still be seen on the mountain above the village.
outside
  • The Saint-Roch chapel with its simple bell gable belongs to the hamlet of Les Girards and dates from the 16th century.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Plaisians - viticulture