Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes

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Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes
Sent Cristòfe de Bardas
Coat of arms of Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes (France)
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Le North Libournais
Community association Grand Saint-Emilionnais
Coordinates 44 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  W
height 25-97 m
surface 7.69 km 2
Residents 442 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33330
INSEE code
Website http://mairie-saint-christophe-des-bardes.com/

Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes - Saint-Christophe Church

Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes ( Occitan Sent Cristòfe de Bardas ) is a southwestern French community with 442 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

The place Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes is located about three kilometers east of Saint-Émilion at an altitude of about 20 meters above sea level. d. M. The city of Bordeaux is about 45 kilometers (driving distance) to the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 712 715 646 597 544 515 517 442

In the 19th century the community always had between 600 and 800 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis and the increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants in the first half of the 20th century to the lows of the last decades.

economy

For centuries, Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes lived from agriculture, which also included viticulture. For a long time, the wines produced here were mainly exported to England via the ports on the Gironde ; since 1936 the municipality belongs to the appellation Saint-Émilion (AOC) . Tourism also plays a certain role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of renting out holiday homes ( gîtes ).

history

The Romans brought the art of viticulture to the south-west of Gaul. The Romanesque church documents the existence of the place as early as the Middle Ages.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes

  • From the middle of the old cemetery standing Romanesque parish church ( Église Saint-Christophe ) only parts of are apse and the multi-tiered in depth archivolts Portal obtained whose Kapitellschmuck is particularly noteworthy; but the archivolts themselves also show an ornamentation, albeit a restrained one. A figuratively designed console frieze forms the upper end of the portal zone . The single nave nave was vaulted in the 16th century . The spire ( flèche ) was created in the 19th century . The portal has been recognized as a Monument Historique since 1908 ; the entire church building followed in 2000.
  • The townscape is enriched by two wash houses ( lavoirs ), several mills (including a windmill ) and the no longer used pigeon house of the parish office.

Partner municipality

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 948-951.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, Église in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)