Saint-Pancrace (Dordogne)
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Saint-Pancrace Sent Pancraci |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Nontron | |
| Canton | Brantôme | |
| Community association | Dronne et Belle | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 26 ' N , 0 ° 40' E | |
| height | 136-233 m | |
| surface | 6.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 187 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24530 | |
| INSEE code | 24474 | |
 Saint-Pancrace church |
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Saint-Pancrace , Occitan Sent Pancraci , is a French municipality with 187 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) of the North department Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
Saint-Pancrace is located seven kilometers north-northeast of Brantôme and eleven kilometers south of Nontron (as the crow flies). The municipality is a border municipality to the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park and is surrounded by the following neighboring municipalities:
- Quinsac to the north and east
- Champagnac-de-Belair in the southeast
- Brantôme en Périgord to the south and west and
- La Chapelle-Montmoreau in the northwest.
In addition to the town center, the commune of Saint-Pancrace consists of the following hamlets and farms:
Bellevue , Bonnetière , Chabans , Charteau , Grand Lac , La Grange , La Plagne , La Vigerie , Le Bouquet , Le Claud , Le Désir , Le Meynieux , Maison Neuve , Petit-Clos , Sainte Marie des Bois and Vilotte .
A small right branch of the Dronne rises in the immediate vicinity of the town center and flows off to the east in the direction of Quinsac. In addition, the community has no other running water.
The topographically lowest point at 136 meters above sea level is near Grand Lac in the extreme south. The highest point at 233 meters is at Maison Neuve (Cantillac municipality) in the southwest. The absolute height difference is therefore 97 meters.
A special feature is the exclave-like protuberance of the municipal area in the south (around the hamlet of Charteau ), which is only connected to the core area in the north via a narrow corridor no more than 50 meters wide.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 142 | 150 | 155 | 144 | 129 | 120 | 150 | 182 |
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geology
The municipality of Saint-Pancrace lies entirely on flat-lying (maximum angle of incidence 10 ° to the south) sediments of the northern Aquitaine basin . The oldest pending formation is the Upper Angoumien with rudist limestone , to be seen on the eastern border on both sides of the tributary of the Dronne. Hard fossil limestone of the Coniacium follows above . They are subordinate to the center of Saint-Pancrace and can also be found at Le Bouquet and La Vigerie in the southeast. In the southern exclave there are also Untersanton near Vilotte and Obersanton near Grand Lac . The lower canton consists of gray, platy limestone containing glauconite , the upper canton takes on the character of marl and contains oyster shells .
The high altitudes in the municipality are largely masked by colluvium , but in the topographically highest position are the conglomerates and gravel of a fossil river system from the Eocene or Lower Oligocene (formation HF). The latter were poured out of the Massif Central in a south-westerly direction and now line the eastern border of the municipality. The colluvium consists on the one hand of gravel that was relocated in the Pleistocene and that arose directly from the ancient Tertiary river system (formation ACF in the south) or of Pleistocene processing and relocation products of the underlying Upper Cretaceous Limestone (formation AC in the north). At La Grange and south of the town center, a small remainder of alluvial gravel possibly reaching back to the Pliocene has been preserved (formation FS).
Attractions
- The oldest building in Saint-Pancrace is the medieval church.
Transport links
Coming from the north, the D 675 runs along the western border of the commune of Saint-Pancrace from Nontron to Brantôme. It has a total of five branches in the municipality: the most important is undoubtedly the cross-link of the D 98 from Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont to Quinsac, which descends into the center of Saint-Pancrace. Another connection to the D 675 near Bellevue is guaranteed from the town center via a municipal road. A third junction from the D 675 is at Maison Neuve ; This municipal road bypasses the town center and provides a direct connection to the D 78 and on to Quinsac. Along the western border of the southern exclave, a municipal road runs from the D 675 to Cantillac in the south. The fifth detour in the south is of a local nature and leads through the hamlet of Vilotte towards Champagnac-de-Belair. Champagnac-de-Belair can also be reached directly from the town center via a communal road running to the southeast.
