Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | cognac | |
| Canton | Cognac-1 | |
| Community association | Grand Cognac | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 23 ′ W | |
| height | 10-104 m | |
| surface | 23.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,216 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16370 | |
| INSEE code | 16355 | |
 Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac - Saint-Sulpice Church |
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Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac is a southwestern commune with 1,216 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
location
The community of Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac, which consists of the town as well as several hamlets and individual farmsteads, is located about 10 kilometers (driving distance) northwest of the town of Cognac at an altitude of about 17 meters above sea level. d. M. The neighboring municipality of Cherves-Richemont is only about 4 to 6 kilometers southeast.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1004 | 1009 | 1119 | 1206 | 1119 | 1232 | 1221 |
At the first census in France in 1793, the place had 1500 inhabitants; In the middle of the 19th century, the population rose temporarily to almost 2000, and after the end of the phylloxera crisis (approx. 1865–1885), which resulted in a significant decline in the population in almost all wine-growing regions of France, it fell back to around 1500.
economy
Agriculture and especially viticulture have always played an important role in the Charente villages. While cereals, vegetables and oilseeds ( sunflowers ) were mainly grown for their own needs, one could earn good money with the export of wine (later also brandy) to England, Scotland and other countries in Northern Europe, although the winegrowers with the less Part of the earnings had to be satisfied. Today the north bank of the Charente near Saint-Sulpice belongs to the borderies location within the large growing area for cognac wines. A cooperage ( tonnelerie ) at the site specializes in the reprocessing of old barrels.
history
At the hamlet Chaudrolles were Celtic tombs discovered. In antiquity the place was on the Roman road from Saintes ( Mediolanum Santonum ) to Lyon ( Lugdunum ); there was a quarry at Chaudrolles . In 1072 the previous church of the current building was attached to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Léger in Ébreuil as a priory church .
Attractions
- The Romanesque parish church of Saint-Sulpice dates from the 11th century; however, it was fundamentally renewed in the 12th century. It is dedicated to St. Sulpicius , a former 7th century bishop of Bourges . The single-nave church building with its two transept arms has the shape of a Latin cross in plan . The central apse was later overbuilt on the outside by a bell tower ; the smaller side apses and the two arms of the transept are unstructured and completely unadorned except for a surrounding console frieze under the eaves . Church construction has been included in the list of Monuments historiques since 1950 .
- Not far from the church is a wooden frame ( travail ) for tying and shod horses; It was probably also used on market days to inspect cattle. The age of the frame is unclear.
- Several houses and farms in the area are also of historical value and are on a list of monuments.
- To the south of the village on a bridge over the river Antenne stands a pyramid-shaped obelisk ( Pyramide de l'Antenne ) from the 18th century, which was sent to a gathering place of the Protestant troops after the Battle of Jarnac (March 13th 1569), an important episode of the Third Huguenot War , remembered. The rather inconspicuous stone monument has been recognized as a monument historique since 1965 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Saint-Sulpice, Église in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Saint-Sulpice, Église in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Saint-Sulpice, List of Monuments (French)
- ↑ Saint-Sulpice, Pyramide de l'Antenne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
