Saint-Léger (Charente)
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local community | Coteaux-du-Blanzacais | |
region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Charente | |
Arrondissement | cognac | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ E | |
Post Code | 16250 | |
Former INSEE code | 16332 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Saint-Léger - Church and Hosanna Cross |
Saint-Léger is a village and a former French community with 126 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former Commune nouvelle Côteaux du Blanzacais and the municipality of Saint-Léger were merged to form the new Commune nouvelle Coteaux-du-Blanzacais. All former municipalities (including those of the former Commune nouvelle) have the status of Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Blanzac-Porcheresse. The administrative headquarters are in Blanzac-Porcheresse.
location
The small town of Saint-Léger lies at an altitude of around 120 meters above sea level. d. M. in the cultural landscape of the Angoumois about 30 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Angoulême ; the capital of the canton, Blanzac-Porcheresse , is about three kilometers to the north-west. The most important places in the area are Barbezieux (approx. 19 kilometers west) and Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard (approx. 11 kilometers southeast).
Population development
year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
Residents | 140 | 176 | 181 | 140 | 136 | 125 | 124 |
economy
The place, which is surrounded by calcareous soils, is largely characterized by agriculture; Animal husbandry only plays a minor role.
Attractions
- The single-nave parish church of Saint-Léger essentially dates from the 16th or 17th century; only the apse with its altar and the bell gable , which is separated from the nave by a choir arch, seem to be of older date. The church's greatest treasure is a bell from 1613, which has been listed as a monument historique since 1944 .
- In the former churchyard there is a so-called Hosanna cross from the 16th century with an octagonal shaft about four meters high and an isosceles lily cross on top. Immediately in front of it there has been a memorial plaque for a fallen soldier in World War I since 2004.
- The Logis de la Sablière dates back to the 17th century and still has a pigeon house ( pigeonnier ). It is privately owned.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 16-2018-09-28-003 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Coteaux-du-Blanzacais.
- ↑ Cloche de l'église Saint-Léger in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)