Saint-Porchaire

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Saint-Porchaire
Coat of arms of Saint-Porchaire
Saint-Porchaire (France)
Saint-Porchaire
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Saintes
Canton Saint-Porchaire
Community association Charente-Arnoult-Cœur de Saintonge
Coordinates 45 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 47 ′  W
height 7-54 m
surface 17.40 km 2
Residents 1,862 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 107 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 17250
INSEE code 17387

Saint-Porchaire - town center

Saint-Porchaire is a French commune with 1,862 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saintes and the canton of Saint-Porchaire .

location

Saint-Porchaire is located about 15 kilometers (driving distance) northwest of Saintes and about 26 kilometers southeast of Rochefort .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2016
Residents 1022 1087 1120 1221 1289 1335 1602 1856

economy

For centuries, agriculture for the self-sufficiency of the population played the largest role in the economic life of the community. But wine has been grown in the area since Roman times, which has been distilled since early modern times and exported to northern Europe (especially to England ). Saint-Porchaire is one of the Bois ordinaires et communs of the Cognac wine region , but because of the decline in sales of Cognac brandies, most grapes are processed into wine and Pineau des Charentes . In addition, the place functions to this day as a regional trade, handicraft and service center.

history

Stone Age scrapers and knives made of flint have been discovered in the caves and grottoes in the area . Finds from Gallo-Roman times suggest the existence of a fortification ( castrum ); a parish is documented for the 11th century. In the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) Saint-Porchaire was under English rule for a long time.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Porchaire

  • Saint Porchaire church (12th – 15th centuries), monument historique since 1933
  • La Roche-Courbon Castle (or Rochecourbon, 15th and 17th centuries), monument historique since 1946
  • Pont Napoleón (around 1800)

Partner communities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 945-947.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Porchaire  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église, Saint-Porchaire in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Château de la Rochecourbon, Saint-Porchaire in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)