Saint-Raphaël (Dordogne)

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Saint-Raphaël
Sent Rafeu
Saint-Raphaël (France)
Saint-Raphaël
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Nontron
Canton Isle-Loue-Auvézère
Community association Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord
Coordinates 45 ° 18 ′  N , 1 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 18 ′  N , 1 ° 5 ′  E
height 161-296 m
surface 7.13 km 2
Residents 94 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24160
INSEE code 24493

Saint-Raphaël - town view
Saint-Raphaël-Church

Saint-Raphaël ( Occitan Sent Rafeu ) is a French commune with 94 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (before 2016 Aquitaine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Nontron (until 2017 Arrondissement Périgueux ) and the canton Isle-Loue-Auvézère, which has existed since 2015 (until 2015 Canton Hautefort ). The community consists of the town of the same name and several hamlets (hameaux) and individual farms (fermes) .

Location and climate

The place Saint-Raphaël is about 40 km (driving distance) northeast of Périgueux or about 71 km southwest of Limoges at an altitude of about 285  m . The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 800 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1800 1851 1901 1954 1999 2015
Residents 338 356 239 118 93 96

The population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms.

economy

The community is still largely agriculturally oriented, with livestock also playing a significant role. The local craftsmen and small service providers have since given up their business.

history

In the Middle Ages there was an important priory of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens in Tourtoirac , which is about 5 km south, but was destroyed in the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).

Attractions

  • Today's church is a work of the 16./17. Century; it covers only a third of the area of ​​the old church, of which only two portal pillars have survived. These, as well as two capitals of the old church - walled into the outer wall of the sacristy - have been recognized as monuments historiques since 1927 .
  • Inside the church there is a medieval baptismal font and the alleged sarcophagus of a local saint named Remigius or Remedius . During restoration work in 2011, some late medieval frescoes were uncovered.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Raphaël  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saint-Raphaël - Map with altitude information
  2. ↑ Saint-Raphaël - Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ Saint-Raphaël - Church
  4. ↑ Saint-Raphaël - Sarcophagus of St. Remedius