Saint-Rémy-de-Blot
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Riom | |
| Canton | Saint-Georges-de-Mons | |
| Community association | Combrailles Sioule et Morge | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 5 ' N , 2 ° 56' E | |
| height | 346-665 m | |
| surface | 15.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 230 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63440 | |
| INSEE code | 63391 | |
 Saint-Rémy-de-Blot - Chateau-Rocher |
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Saint-Remy-de-Blot ( Occitan : identical) is a central French city and a municipality ( commune ) with 230 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the Puy-de-Dôme .
location
The place Saint-Rémy-de-Blot is at an altitude of about 530 meters above sea level. d. M. in the hilly and wooded landscape of the Combrailles and is located northwest of Clermont-Ferrand (about 51 kilometers drive) and of Riom (about 38 kilometers). The Sioule River forms the western border of the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 325 | 319 | 265 | 226 | 191 | 198 | 209 | 232 |
In the 19th century the place had mostly between 900 and 1,250 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , which resulted in the loss of many jobs, the number of inhabitants has since declined continuously to the lows of recent decades.
economy
For centuries, the inhabitants of Saint-Rémy-de-Blot lived as self-sufficient farmers from agriculture, which also included viticulture; in addition there were small trade and handicrafts. After the phylloxera crisis of the wine came decades to a standstill, but now again red, rose and white wines are produced in excess of the appellation Puy-de-Dôme be marketed. Many vacant houses have been converted into holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
The church ( Église Saint-Rémy ), which was replaced by a new building in the 19th century , belonged in the Middle Ages as a simple priory church to the Abbey of Mozac ; The abbot of the neighboring Abbey of Menat also had a say in many things.
Attractions
The place itself offers - with the exception of the church, which was newly built in the 19th century - no sights worth mentioning.
- Surroundings
- The imposing ruins of the Château-Rocher are located on a 150-meter-high cliff that dominates the Sioule valley ( 46 ° 5 ′ 21 ″ N , 2 ° 55 ′ 42 ″ E ). A simple fortress ( motte ) has been found on the site as early as the 9th century ; a new building was built in the 11th century. The current castle dates from the 13th to the 15th century and secured the bridge over the Sioule. Since the year 1913, the castle ruins as a monument historique recognized.
- The three-arched stone bridge over the Sioule ( 46 ° 5 ′ 59 ″ N , 2 ° 55 ′ 54 ″ E ), slightly raised in the middle, dates from the 13th century, but has been repeatedly restored in the following years. Half of the bridge structure, which belongs to the neighboring municipality of Menat, with its - as usual - pointed pillar reinforcements in the direction of flow, was entered in the list of historical monuments in 1918 .
Web links
- Saint-Rémy-de-Blot, Wine - Info (French)
- Saint-Rémy-de-Blot, bridge - photos + info (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruines du Château-Rocher, Saint-Rémy-de-Blot in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Vieux-Pont sur la Sioule, Menat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)