Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle
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Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle Senta Crotz de Cadèrla |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Alès | |
| Canton | La Grand-Combe | |
| Community association | Alès agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 4 ′ N , 3 ° 52 ′ E | |
| height | 240-813 m | |
| surface | 7.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 113 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30460 | |
| INSEE code | 30246 | |
| Website | Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle | |
 Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle - Saint-Croix Chapel |
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Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle ( Occitan : Senta Crotz de Cadèrla ) is a place and a French municipality with 113 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department .
location
Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle is located in the north-west of the Gard department, approx. 67 km (driving distance) north-west of the city of Nîmes in the southern foothills of the Cevennes at an altitude of approx. 520 m above sea level. d. M. The climate is temperate; Rain falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2017 |
| Residents | 255 | 265 | 187 | 154 | 106 | 113 |
The continuous decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 19th century is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs. In addition, almost all mountain regions in France depopulated in favor of the cities in the valleys.
economy
For centuries, the residents of the community lived as a self-sufficient source of agriculture and livestock (sheep, goats) and the numerous sweet chestnuts in the surrounding forests. Today tourism is of economic importance in the form of the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ).
history
The small chapel of Sainte Croix probably already existed in Merovingian times, because a sarcophagus from this time was found during excavations . The name Villa Caderilam is passed down from the year 892 and a priory was established here around the year 1420. During the turmoil of the Huguenot (1562–1598) and the Camisard Wars ( 1702–1704) the place and the chapel were affected.
Attractions
- The streets of the place are partly paved; the old houses are mostly built from rubble stones .
- The Romanesque chapel Saint-Croix , since 1802 Temple Protestant (Evangelical Church), was built in its current form probably in the 12th century; however, it has been redesigned repeatedly. The building is made of roughly hewn quarry stone, but vaulted inside. A thorough restoration took place around the turn of the millennium.
Web links
- Sainte Croix de Caderle, chapel - photos + info (French)
- Sainte Croix de Caderle, chapel - photos + info (French)