Saint-Paul-la-Roche
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Saint-Paul-la-Roche Sent Pau la Ròcha |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Nontron | |
| Canton | Thiviers | |
| Community association | Périgord-Limousin | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 29 ′ N , 1 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 165–342 m | |
| surface | 39.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 525 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24800 | |
| INSEE code | 24481 | |
 Center of Saint-Paul-la-Roche |
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Saint-Paul-la-Roche ( Occitan Sent Pau la Rocha ) is a commune of 525 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the northeast of the department Dordogne , Region Aquitaine . It is part of the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park .
etymology
Saint-Paul-la-Roche is derived from Saint Paulus ( Sanctus Paulus ) and from the hamlet of La Roche (in English the rock ), which was named after the quartz rock ( La Roche Blanche ) that once towered here .
geography
Saint-Paul-la-Roche is 9 kilometers northeast of Thiviers and 5 kilometers west-southwest of Jumilhac-le-Grand (beeline). The municipality is surrounded by the following neighboring municipalities:
- Saint-Priest-les-Fougères in the north
- Jumilhac-le-Grand to the northeast and east
- Sarrazac in the southeast
- Nantheuil in the south
- Thiviers in the southwest
- Saint-Jory-de-Chalais and Chalais to the west
- La Coquille in the northwest
In addition to the town center, the municipality consists of the following hamlets, farmsteads, mills and castles: Artis , Beauplat , Chalamant , Chandeuil , Château de Chalard , Château de Montardy , Château la Val (l) ade , Combier , Curmont , Eleix , Graffanaud , La Brousse , La Bussière , La Chassagne , La Croze , La Fagnade , La Farge , La Genetterie , La Grave , La Jarrige , La Lande de Beauplat , La Lande de la Peyzie , La Lande de Perrières , La Messeillasse , La Messelie , La Morandie , La Mouretie , La Papalie , La Petite Lande , La Petite Pouge , La Peyzie , La Pouille , La Pouyade d'Artis , La Renolphie , La Rivalie , La Roche , La Tuillère , La Val (l) ade , Lascombas , Lavaud , Le Chalard , Le Chalaret , Le Chatenet , Le Chêne Blanc , Le Goinaud , Le Grand Bois , Le Marguillier , Le Minaret , Le Moulin de la Brousse , Le Moulin de la Peyzie , Le Moulin du Breuilh , Le Petit Clos , (Le) Pierrefiche , Le Rieu Mort , Le Rouchoux de la Forêt , Les Pradelles de Chalamant , Les Pradelles de Lintignac , Lintignac , Paradinas , Poirier Bernard , Poirier Vachat , Pont-Fermier and Vialotte .
The Isle , which drains to the southwest, forms the southeastern municipal boundary to Jumilhac-le-Grand and Sarrazac. The Rochille flows south through the middle of the municipality, only to flow into the Valouse on the left shortly before reaching the southern municipal boundary . The Valouse runs through the western section of the municipality in a south-southeast direction, it forms the western border to Chalais for several kilometers. Shortly after it has taken up the Rochille, it flows into the Isle as a left tributary. After reaching the municipality, the Isle takes on four smaller right side streams, all of which are oriented to the south-southeast. The Ruisseau de Curmont is also a right side stream of the Isle; it runs east-west and forms the southern border to Nantheuil. The Ruisseau de la Val (l) ade flows a little further north in the same direction, but flows into the Valouse.
The topographically lowest point in the municipality with 165 meters is at the confluence of the Ruisseau de Curmont in the Isle; here the Isle leaves the community in a generally south-westerly direction. The highest point at 342 meters is at La Lande de Perrières northeast of the town center.
geology
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Saint-Paul-la-Roche lives up to its name, it has an extremely varied geology . The community lies exclusively on the metamorphic basement of the northwestern Massif Central . The rocks in the vicinity mainly belong to the lower gneiss cover , only in the extreme southwest are rocks of the Thiviers-Payzac unit to be found. The rocks of the lower gneiss cover are mainly mica schist , paragneiss , mica schist paragneiss and medium-grain leptynite ; The latter form part of the arch of Saint-Yrieix . The mica schist originated from argilites , the paragneiss should originate from neoproterozoic greywacke and more clayey parent rocks. The Leptynite granitic composition are attributed to the Ordovician .
The Thiviers-Payzac unit in the south consists of the mesozonal Payzac quartzite , an equivalent of the rhyodacite Thiviers sandstone ( Grès de Thiviers ), which is only slightly weaker metamorphic. The unit has passed the paragneiss of the lower gneiss cover along an abnormal contact with a right-shifting component and shows a completely different strike direction compared to the generally northeast trending rocks of the lower gneiss cover - east-northeast.
The basic and ultra-basic rocks of the Roche Noire massif , predominantly metagabbros and peridotites , are enclosed in the mica schist near the hamlet of La Valade . H. Rocks of the former oceanic crust . This massif contains numerous tectonic lenses on serpentinized peridotites and amphibolites as well as a larger occurrence of serpentinite. The mica schist and the mica schistous paragneiss contain features of garnet- bearing amphibolites. Occasionally these can also occur in the paragneiss. Also epidote -führende Amphibolitzüge occur, for example at the cemetery in the mica chief engined paragneisses in Lintignac in Leptyniten and Curmont even in Payzac quartzite. There are even smaller deposits of eclogite , three near Graffanaud on the mouth of the Valuse and one near Combier on the Isle. Also worth mentioning are minor features of Dazite metatuffs in the paragneiss, mica-rich paragneiss and - again - in the Payzac quartzite. The quartz mass from La Roche , which has now been completely dismantled, is a specialty . The very pure, milky exudation quartz was requested by NASA for optical lenses because of its special qualities . It is characterized by very close, parallel shear surfaces. The former quarry also contained single crystals in the decimeter to meter range.
Among the metamorphic conditions: the Payzac quartzite has the staurolite - Isograd exceeded, the rocks of the Lower Gneiss ceiling are largely in the Staurolithzone, in the north and in the center they are reaching the kyanite -Isograd.
Three north-south trending faults (north of Chalamant , in the center and at Le Rouchou de la Forêt ) offset the original sequence of layers. The faults of Chalamant and Le Rouchou de la Forêt are brecciated and cataclastic . The latter even continues to Sarrazac; in the north it feathers out, in the south (in the municipality of Sarrazac) it separates the Sarrazac massif .
Covering tertiary layers of alterites , some of which form ridges, consist mainly of pliocene , fluvial gravel (tongues at La Lande de Beauplat , La Lande de Perrières , La Petite Lande and Le Pierrefiche ) and of Pleistocene colluvium .
history
The Château du Chalard is mentioned in writing for the first time in the 11th century . It was largely destroyed during the Hundred Years War . The Romanesque local church of Saint-Paul-la-Roche dates from the 12th century. The Château de Montardy was built in the 15th century . In its place there was previously a fortress of the Knights Templar . The Maison templière also goes back to the Templars .
Attractions
- Romanesque local church Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
- Château de Montardy
- Château du Chalard
- Château de la Valade from the 18th century
- House of the Templars (La Maison templière)
Transport links
The main traffic axis N 21 from Limoges to Périgueux runs south along the western border of the municipality . The railway line from Limoges to Thiviers runs parallel to this . The D 78 from Jumilhac-le-Grand to Thiviers runs along the south and south-east borders. The D 67 from La Coquille to Sarrazac crosses the town center in a south-southeast direction. Several municipal roads connect the numerous hamlets with one another and with the town center.
literature
- Guillot, P.-L. et al .: Feuille Thiviers . In: Carte géologique de la France à 1/50000 . BRGM.
- Dominique Richard (Ed.): Le Guide Dordogne-Périgord. Fanlac, Périgueux 1993, ISBN 2-86577-162-8 .
