Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde

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Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde
Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde (France)
Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Bergerac
Canton Lalinde
Community association Communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 39 ′  E
height 18-132 m
surface 3.83 km 2
Residents 531 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 139 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24150
INSEE code 24382
Website www.saint-capraise-de-lalinde.fr

View of the center of Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde on the banks of the Dordogne

Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde is a French municipality with 531 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Bergerac and the canton of Lalinde .

The name in the Occitan language is Sent Grapasi de la Linda and is derived from St. Caprasius.

The inhabitants are called Capraisiens and Capraisiennes .

geography

Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde is located approx. 15 km east in the catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) of Bergerac in the Bergeracois area of the historical province of Périgord .

Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities:

Cause de Clérans
Mouleydier Neighboring communities Baneuil
Saint-Agne Varennes

Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde is located on the right bank of the Dordogne and on the Canal de Lalinde , a side canal of the Dordogne.

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to an initial high of around 450 in the middle of the 19th century. At the end of the same century, there was a phase of stagnation with a low of around 290 inhabitants. At the beginning of the 20th century a longer period of growth began, with the population peaking in the 1990s at around 585. Since then, the size of the community has been around 530 inhabitants.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 460 485 506 555 584 531 554 522 531
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
Canal de Lalinde seen downstream from the town center

Attractions

Three locations of the Canal de Lalinde date from the 19th century and are inscribed as Monuments historiques :

  • the basin for parking the river boats,
  • the dry dock and
  • the canal bridge and the neighboring bank structure.

Other attractions are

  • the weir of Tuilières between the communes of Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde and Saint-Agne and
  • the parish church of Saint-Caprais of Romanesque origin with a bell gable from the 19th century.

  • Basin for parking the river boats

  • Dry dock

  • Canal bridge

  • Tuilières dam

  • Parish Church of Saint-Caprais

Economy and Infrastructure

Hydroelectric power plant

The geographic location on the river dictates the focus of the municipality's economy on trade, transportation and services. The Tuilières hydropower plant is located in the far west of the municipality.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 46

education

The municipality has a public pre-school with 44 students in the 2018/2019 school year.

traffic

Former station building in Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde

Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde can be reached via Route départementale 660, the former Route nationale 660 , which here forms the Bergerac – Sarlat-la-Canéda axis.

Line 26 of the TER Aquitaine , a regional train of the national SNCF , serves the route from Bordeaux to Sarlat-la-Canéda. It crosses the territory of the commune without stopping at Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde. The next stop is in Couze-et-Saint-Front .

Web links

Commons : Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord ( fr ) Départementrat des Dordogne. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ Dordogne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ Aire urbaine de Bergerac (109) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Notice Communale Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde (24382) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde (24382) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  7. ^ École maternelle ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved January 9, 2019.