Raix

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Raix
Raix (France)
Raix
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Charente North
Community association Val de Charente
Coordinates 46 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  E
height 89-145 m
surface 6.87 km 2
Residents 141 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16240
INSEE code 16273

Raix - Saint-Barthélemy Church
Château de Raix

Raix ( Occitan : identical) is a place and a community with 141 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in western France Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

The place Raix is ​​at an altitude of about 132 m above sea level. d. M. in the north of the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois at a short distance from the Vienne department and thus to the historical province of Poitou . The place is about 52 km (driving distance) to the west from the town of Confolens ; It is around 47 km south to Angoulême . The climate determined by the Atlantic is mild; Rain falls throughout the year.

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2013
Residents 435 465 295 234 150 149

The continuous decline in population in the 20th century is essentially due to the consequences of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture .

economy

The place and its surroundings were dominated by agriculture for centuries; Most of the people lived on the produce of their fields and gardens as self-sufficient ; cattle breeding was also practiced. Craftsmen and small traders also settled in the village. In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, viticulture was promoted, but - after the phylloxera crisis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - it is no longer important today. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ).

history

Both were obtained from the in the municipality New Stone Age and from the La Tène period and Romans discovered traces and ceramic residues. In ancient times, the region belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Celtic pictons , who were subjugated by Caesar during the Gallic War . A castle (château) is mentioned for the first time at the beginning of the 12th century .

Attractions

  • The Saint-Barthélemy church was built in the 12th century from precisely hewn stones, which indicates a former priory church ; only the crossing tower consists largely of little hewn rubble stones . The semicircular apse is divided by half-column templates ; above it is a console frieze with simple heads and figures. The roofs are made of stone shingles (lauzes) . The originally rectangular gable of the facade was removed in the 19th century in favor of a triangular one. The portal of the rather simple facade is stepped down several times; A round arch frieze runs on consoles below the gable . The nave is barrel vaulted . The church building was recognized as a monument historique as early as 1913 . The altar of the church, made of wood around 1800, including the tabernacle was added to the inventory of the Monuments historiques in 2004 .
  • The Château de Raix only a few sections. With the exception of a round stair tower , these date mainly from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Raix - card with heights
  2. ↑ Angoulême / Raix - climate tables
  3. ↑ Raix - Viticulture
  4. ↑ Raix - Église Saint-Barthélémy in the Base Mérimée (French) of the French Ministry of Culture
  5. ↑ Raix - Église Saint-Barthélémy, autel, tabernacle, gradins in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)