Rémuzat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Nyons et Baronnies | |
| Community association | Baronnies en Drôme Provençale | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 25 ' N , 5 ° 21' E | |
| height | 425–1,201 m | |
| surface | 16.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 343 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26510 | |
| INSEE code | 26264 | |
Rémuzat is a French commune with 343 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It is to the left of the Rhône near Nyons , about halfway between Montélimar and Gap . It is one of the popular destinations in the region.
geography
Rémuzat extends on the left bank of the river Oule , near its confluence with the Eygues , in the middle of extensive groves of plum trees. The inhabited center used to be on the right bank of the Oule, at the foot of the Caire massif. There are still structural remains and the Romanesque church of St. Michel.
Rémuzat is 28 km east of Nyons and 9 km south of La Motte-Chalancon .
The neighboring municipalities are Saint-May , Cornillac and Pelonne .
history
As an old settlement core of the barony of Mévouillon, the place was initially under the abbey of Bodon and later the abbey of Île Barbe. In 1305 the place was sold by Baron Raymond V and the abbot of Île Barbe to Charles II, Duke of Provence and King of Sicily . Since then it has belonged to the Oule fief and was under the government of Provence, the vicariate of Sisteron and the parliament of Aix-en-Provence until the French Revolution . In July 1790 it was made a commune of the Drôme department by law, and with the reorganization of the year VIII (1797) the capital of the canton.
Attractions
- Saint-Michel chapel: modest 13th century Romanesque building; The Gallo-Roman architrave , which has a frieze with Corinthian foliage, is striking .
Residents
1962: 288
1968: 301
1975: 332
1982: 364
1990: 364
1999: 283
2016: 352
Personalities
- Lucien Van Damme (1901–1989), born in Belgium, a priest who was transferred to the Préalpes du Sud region due to health problems . As pastor of Rémuzat for more than 60 years (1928–1989) he wrote numerous articles and published several books about his community:
- Le château de Cornillon , 1968
- Trente curés de Rémuzat racontés par le 31ème , 1971
- Curés de Cornillac (Drôme) et de Cornillon-sur-l'Ouleau fil des siècles , 1975
- Servantes de curés aux confins Diois-Baronnies (Provence) , 1977
- Curés d'autrefois et leurs ouailles à Sahune , 1984
- Jean Besson (born July 1, 1948), Senator of the Drôme, District Administrator of Rémuzat (1979-2004).
- The German writer Christoph Meckel (born June 12, 1935 in Berlin ; † January 29, 2020 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) lived in Rémuzat for part of the year.
