Sagelat
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda | |
| Canton | Vallée Dordogne | |
| Community association | Vallée de la Dordogne and Forêt Bessède | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 47 ' N , 1 ° 1' E | |
| height | 65-219 m | |
| surface | 7.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 313 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24170 | |
| INSEE code | 24360 | |
 Parish Church of Saint-Victor |
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Sagelat ( Occitan : identical) is a place and a municipality ( commune ) in southwestern France with 313 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord in the Dordogne department in the northeast of the Aquitaine region .
location
The place Sagelat is located on a hill in the Périgord Noir at an altitude of about 100 m above sea level. d. M. and about 34 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Sarlat-la-Canéda ; Pays de Belvès is about three kilometers south. Several individual farms also belong to the community.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 261 | 253 | 302 | 300 | 325 | 348 | 330 |
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In the 19th century, the population of the municipality was usually well above around 500 people. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous population decline, the low point of which may have been reached in the 1960s and 1970s.
economy
Up to the present day agriculture plays the biggest role in the economic life of the municipality. However, the viticulture practiced here was completely given up after the phylloxera crisis . Tobacco and corn are also on the decline - instead, forests, fields and pastures, but also walnut , chestnut and fruit trees dominate the region. Also, foie gras and truffles are among the best regional cuisine. Some vacant houses are rented out as holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
The place arose in the area of a Gallo-Roman country estate ( villa rustica ). According to a local tradition, the local source was visited by the Aquitaine Duke Waifar (r. 745–768) on the run from the soldiers of Pippin the Younger . At the end of the 11th century, the Benedictine Abbey of Fongauffier was built nearby , but it was dissolved and demolished during the French Revolution . The present-day location was formed around the abbey over the centuries.
Attractions
- The unadorned Romanesque parish church of Saint-Victor with its simple bell gable may date from the 11th century; However, it was revised in the 12th century and received an eastern section in the form of a three-corner choir . The single nave interior and the transept are barrel vaulted; on the crossing , a tensioned groin vault ; the small apse is domed . Two beautiful figurative Romanesque capitals are at the transition from the nave to the crossing. A careful restoration in the 20th century made it a small gem of rural Romanesque.
- Since the end of the Middle Ages, there have been several water mills in the municipality ; the municipal coat of arms reminds of this.
- A pigeon house ( pigeonnier ) resting on arches is also worth seeing.
