Saint-Junien
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart | |
| Canton | Saint-Junien (main town) | |
| Community association | Porte Océane du Limousin | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 54' E | |
| height | 157-317 m | |
| surface | 56.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 11,202 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 197 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 87200 | |
| INSEE code | 87154 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-saint-junien.fr/ | |
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Saint-Junien is a small French town with 11,202 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the community of Vienne Glane and the canton of Saint-Junien , of which it is the capital.
geography
Saint-Junien is located in the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park , 29 kilometers northwest of Limoges . The Vienne , Glane and Gorre rivers flow through the municipality.
history
Saint-Junien is named after a hermit who is said to have lived in a grotto there in the 6th century. An abbey was built on his grave in the 10th century. A city wall was built in the 11th century. From the 11th century, Saint-Junien was a stronghold of the glove makers , the white tanners and the felt manufacture . The bishop of Limoges was in the 13th century seigneur of the village and gave her in 1254, the city charter ( liberté communale ).
Town twinning
Saint-Junien has three twinning partnerships. Since 2001 there has been a partnership with the small Polish town of Żukowo , since 1970 a partnership with the Belgian town of Jumet, which is now part of Charleroi , and since 2000 with the small German town of Wendelstein .
Culture and sights
Saint-Junien is represented with three flowers in the Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris (National Council of Flowered Cities and Villages). The "flowers" are awarded in the course of a regional competition, whereby a maximum of three flowers can be achieved.
The collegiate church of St-Junien was built from the end of the 11th century to the 13th century.
economy
Controlled designations of origin (AOC) for butter ( Beurre Charentes-Poitou, Beurre des Charentes and Beurre des deux Sevres ) and Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for veal (Veau du Limousin) , lamb (Agneau du Limousin and Agneau du Poitou ) apply in the municipality -Charentes) , pork (Porc du Limousin) , ham (Jambon de Bayonne) and wine (Haute-Vienne blanc, rosé or rouge) .
Personalities
- Joseph Jiel-Laval (1855–1917), racing cyclist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Palmarès des villes et villages fleuris ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved August 14, 2011
- ↑ Saint-Junien on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved July 17, 2012
