Saint-Porchaire
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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 | |
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
- Saint Porchaire, church - photos + info (in French)
- Saint Porchaire, church - aerial view, photo + brief information (in French)
- Saint Porchaire, church - short information (French)
- Château de la Rochecourbon - aerial view, photo + brief information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église, Saint-Porchaire in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Château de la Rochecourbon, Saint-Porchaire in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)