Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet
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Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet Sant Marcèu de Sauset |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Dieulefit | |
| Community association | Montélimar agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 36 ′ N , 4 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 104-290 m | |
| surface | 3.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,244 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 313 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26740 | |
| INSEE code | 26312 | |
| Website | Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet | |
 Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet-Church |
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Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet ( Occitan : Sant Marcèu de Sauset ) is a municipality and a town with 1,244 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Drôme in the southern French region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
location
Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet is located in the Rhône valley at an altitude of approx. 110 m above sea level. d. M. about eight kilometers northeast of Montélimar .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 241 | 430 | 309 | 248 | 1104 | 1247 |
The population increase that began at the end of the 20th century is mainly due to the proximity to the city of Montélimar and the significantly lower property prices in the country.
economy
The inhabitants of the place lived for centuries as a self-sufficiency from agriculture (agriculture and cattle breeding). Wine was also grown; The place still has the right to market its grapes through the Appellations Comtés Rhodaniens , Mediterranée and Drôme ; but because of this, hardly any wine is grown. Instead, there are olive, apricot, cherry and apple trees to a lesser extent. Since the last decades of the 20th century, tourism has played an important role in the economic life of the place in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) .
history
The history of Saint-Marcel goes back at least to the 10th century; In the 11th century, a Benedictine priory is mentioned under the leadership of the Cluny Abbey, which gave the further development of the place new impetus. In the Middle Ages, Saint-Marcel belonged to the baronnies . In the 16th and 17th centuries the place got caught up in the turmoil of the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598) and other religiously motivated conflicts; from 1642 it belonged to the Grimaldi family . At the beginning of the French Revolution , the priory was dissolved; the place temporarily took the name Beauvallon .
Attractions
- The former priory church of Saint-Marcel is a late Romanesque or early Gothic building from the late 12th century that is otherwise unknown in the baronnies. The entire church structure shows regular masonry made of precisely hewn stones. The three apses have large unmatched arched windows and are stabilized by buttresses . Similar windows can also be found in the walls of the nave and in the facade, the pointed arched portal of which the Gothic style influences are most evident. The three naves show pointed barrel vaults ; the crossing closes with an octagonal dome on trumpets . The church was recognized as a monument historique as early as 1846 .
- From the medieval castle ( château ) there is still a gate and some remains of the wall.
Web links
- Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet, history - information (French)
- Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet, Château - Photos + information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet - Viticulture
- ↑ Église, Saint-Marcel-de-Sauzet in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)