Rudelle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rudelle
Rudèla
Rudelle (France)
Rudelle
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Figeac
Canton Lacapelle-Marival
Community association Grand Figeac
Coordinates 44 ° 43 '  N , 1 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 43 '  N , 1 ° 53'  E
height 326-435 m
surface 6.83 km 2
Residents 173 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46120
INSEE code 46242

Rudelle - Saint-Martial fortified church

Rudelle ( Occitan : Rudèla ) is a southern French municipality with 173 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitania region .

location

Rudelle is about halfway between Rocamadour or Gramat and Figeac at an altitude of about 350 meters above sea level. d. M. in the northeast of the cultural landscape of the Quercy .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Residents 203 160 140 155 136 153 179

Until shortly before the end of the 19th century, the place always had well over 500 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants has since declined continuously to the low of the 1980s and 1990s.

economy

For centuries, agriculture in the Haut-Quercy was primarily self-sufficient , which also included viticulture until the 19th century, but which was completely abandoned after the phylloxera crisis . Today - in addition to cattle and poultry farming - tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays a major role in the economic life of the municipality.

history

The Bastide Rudelle was founded around 1250 by Bertrand de Cardaillac , the landlord ( seigneur ) of Lacapelle-Marival , on a branch route of the Way of St. James ( Via Podiensis ). His successor Géraud de Cardaillac had a skirmish with the troops of the English King Edward I in the run-up to the Hundred Years War (1289) . In 1320 the church is first mentioned in a document; 150 years later it becomes the local parish church.

Attractions

Rudelle - apse of the fortified church
  • The church ( Église Saint-Martial ), which is very small in terms of area, was originally the chapel of a pilgrims' hospital. In the 14th century, the building was surrounded by a moat ( douve ), an escape floor was added and it was fastened in the manner of a defensive tower ( donjon ). At the very top is a defense platform with a mighty crenellated wreath and side weir core ( bretèches ). The nave and first floor have extremely narrow windows and are vaulted with ribs . The capitals of the archivolt portal are already badly weathered. The church building was classified as a monument historique as early as 1886 .

  • Church from the northeast

  • Section of the Church

  • Canal and wash house

  • A roofed wash house ( lavoir ) from the 19th century stands at the side of a partially straightened stream.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église Saint-Martial, Rudelle in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)