Saint-Cirq (Dordogne)

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Saint-Cirq
Saint-Cirq (France)
Saint-Cirq
local community Les Eyzies
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda
Coordinates 44 ° 56 '  N , 0 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 56 '  N , 0 ° 58'  E
Post Code 24260
Former INSEE code 24389
Incorporation 1st January 2019
status Commune déléguée

Upper part of Saint-Cirq near the Sorcier cave

Saint-Cirq ( Occitan Sent Circ ) is a former community with 126 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the southeast of the southern French departments of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord . The municipality belonged to the arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda and the canton of Vallée de l'Homme .

The decree of October 17, 2018 established the incorporation of Saint-Cirq as a Commune déléguée together with the former municipalities of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil and Manaurie into the Commune nouvelle Les Eyzies with effect from January 1, 2019 .

The name in the Occitan language is Sent Circ and is derived from the name of Saints Quiricus and Cyriacus .

The inhabitants are called Saint-Cirquois and Saint-Cirquoises .

geography

Saint-Cirq is located about 46 kilometers east-northeast of Bergerac on the right bank of the Vézère .

Saint-Cirq is surrounded by five neighboring municipalities and delegated municipalities:

Savignac-de-Miremont Manaurie
(Commune déléguée)
Le Bugue Neighboring communities Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
(Commune déléguée)
Campagne

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 345 in the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, a phase of stagnation set in until the 1980s and 1990s, which increased the number of inhabitants to around 105 during short recovery phases before a period of moderate growth set in, which continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 153 136 117 105 104 106 120 128 126
From 1962 official figures without residents with a secondary residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2009

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Cirq-et-Sainte-Julitte
  • Saint-Cirq castle from the 15th century
  • Le Clauzel mansion from the 17th century
  • 18th century mansion Les Faures
  • Pech-Saint-Sourd fortress
  • Prehistoric cave Le Sorcier than historique monument classified

  • Parish Church of Saint-Cirq-et-Sainte-Julitte

  • Tabernacle inside the church

  • Entrance to the Le Sorcier cave

Web links

Commons : Saint-Cirq  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS N ° 24-2018-034. (PDF) Dordogne department, October 17, 2018, pp. 72–76 , accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord. Départementrat des Dordogne, accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ Saint-Cirq. Conseil régional d'Aquitaine, archived from the original on September 9, 2016 ; accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ Dordogne. habitants.fr, accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
  5. ^ Notice Communale Saint-Cirq. EHESS , accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Saint-Cirq (24389). INSEE , accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).