Saint-Clément (Cantal)
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Saint-Clément Sant Clamenç |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Cantal | |
| Arrondissement | Aurillac | |
| Canton | Vic-sur-Cère | |
| Community association | Cère et Goul en Carladès | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 59 ′ N , 2 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 788-1,554 m | |
| surface | 17.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 75 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 15800 | |
| INSEE code | 15180 | |
 Church Saint-Férréol |
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Saint-Clément ( Occitan : Sant Clamenç ) is a French city and a municipality with 75 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Saint-Clément is part of the historic region of Carladès .
location
The place Saint-Clément is at an altitude of approx. 1020 m above sea level. d. M; The river Goul has its source in the northeast of the municipality . The distance to Aurillac is approx. 28 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 |
| Residents | 445 | 487 | 434 | 232 | 80 | 75 |
The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the lack of jobs as a result of the mechanization of agriculture .
economy
For centuries, the place Saint-Clément served the exclusively agriculturally oriented and self- sufficient hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farms in the area as a center of handicrafts, trade and services. Since the middle of the 20th century tourism has played a not insignificant role for the economic life of the place in the form of the rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
In the Middle Ages , Saint-Clément was part of the Vice-County Carlat ; next to it probably existed a priory of the Saint-Géraud abbey of Aurillac. In 1643, the French King Louis XIII. the Carladès to the county and gave it to the Monaco-based Grimaldi family as a fief; this administered it until the outbreak of the French Revolution .
Attractions
- The late Romanesque parish church of Saint-Férréol was possibly a priory church of the Abbey of Saint-Géraud of Aurillac. With the exception of the corner stones , the flat-closing apse , the nave and the bell gable ( clocher peigne ) are made of roughly hewn rubble stones . The broad west wall with the bell gable on top follows the style of other churches of Carladès (cf. Thérondels et al.). The Gothic south portal is a later addition; the vaults date from the 14th century. In 1757 the roof structure and the bell gable were renewed. The church has been recognized as a monument historique since 1990 .
- The Château de la Rocque and the associated hamlet ( hameau ) have now completely disappeared.
Personalities
Captain François de La Rocque (1885–1946) and his three sons are buried on the site of the family's former headquarters.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Férréol, Saint-Clément in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)