Rétaud
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Thénac | |
| Community association | Gémozac et la Saintonge Viticole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ W | |
| height | 26-49 m | |
| surface | 19.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,069 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17460 | |
| INSEE code | 17296 | |
 Rétaud - Saint-Trojan Church |
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Rétaud is a place and a french commune with 1,069 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
location
The place Rétaud is located in the Saintonge about twelve kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Saintes or about 32 kilometers east of the Gironde estuary at Royan . The neighboring municipality of Rioux with its architecturally very similarly designed Church Notre-Dame is only about five kilometers south.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,135 | 1,224 | 1.014 | 782 | 869 | 1,077 |
The population decline at the end of the 19th and in the first half of the 20th century is mainly due to the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .
economy
For the surrounding rural communities, Rétaud was important as a central market and handicraft center as early as the Middle Ages . Agriculture and viticulture are still an integral part of the town's economic life today. Since the 1980s, tourism (rental of holiday apartments) has been added as a source of income.
history
Almost nothing is known or published about the history of Rétaud. In any case, the former priory of Saint-Trojan, assigned to the Abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély , is likely to have played an important role as the nucleus for the emergence and development of the town.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Rétaud
Saint-Trojan church
Further
- The castle ruins of the Château de Châtenet , a country estate from the 14th and 15th centuries, are listed and have been registered as Monument historique since 1942 .
- The only one-storey mansion of the Logis de Vallade with a mansard roof with dormer windows was built in 1746 and served as an orphanage for a long time in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was recognized as a Monument historique in 1992 .
- The French war cemetery Rétaud ( Nécropole nationale de Rétaud ) was completed in the post-war years.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 254-256.
Individual evidence
- ^ Rétaud - viticulture
- ↑ Château de Châtenet in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Logis de Vallade in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Rétaud - War Cemetery ( Memento of the original dated February 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
