Salignac Eyvigues
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda | |
| Canton | Terrasson-Lavilledieu | |
| Community association | Pays de Fénelon | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 120-314 m | |
| surface | 43.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,159 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24590 | |
| INSEE code | 24516 | |
| Website | http://www.salignac-eyvigues.fr/ | |
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The municipality of Salignac-Eyvigues is located in the Périgord noir in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the Dordogne department . Three municipalities have merged into it: Eybènes merged with Eyvignes in 1827 and Salignac was added in 1965. This new municipality with 1159 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) was officially named Salignac-Eyvigues in 2001.
Townscape
The canton's capital Salignac is a market town with a central square with a 200-year-old elm tree and dominated by the façade of the Couvent des Croisiers from the 13th century. Otherwise, alleys with houses from the 13th and 14th centuries determine the townscape .
There is an old market hall and the Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. On the outskirts is the Salignac castle , which was renovated in the 12th and 13th centuries and is one of the oldest fortified structures in the region, whose origins go back to the 11th century.
In the vicinity of Salignac there is one of the few tourist attractions in this original area of the Périgord noir , the Eyrignac Gardens . The gardens belonging to the Manoir d'Eyrignac have their origins in the second half of the 18th century. The family has recently restored it in the French style.
Church in Salignac
Houses below the castle
history
Since there are no traces of older settlements, one must assume that the village of Salignac was built around the year 1000 under the protection of a wooden donjon built by Geoffroi de Salignac . In the twelfth century, the wooden structure was replaced by two stone towers and the Saint-Julien church was built on the south-west side of the village in the course of the town's expansion.
After the Périgord fell to the Kingdom of France in 1393, the Lords of Salignac entered the service of the king and held important offices in the judiciary, the military and the diplomatic service. In 1545 Jeanne de Salignac and Gontaud-Armand de Biron married. The resulting new branch of the family existed from then on under the name Salignac-Fénelon.
In 1631 the plague reached the village of Salignac and claimed about 500 lives. Marguerite Hurault de l'Hôpital, widow of Jean de Biron-Gontaud, Baron de Salignac, and granddaughter of Michel de l'Hôpital were also among the victims of the epidemic . French writer Gautier de Costes de La Calprenède was among those who survived the plague .
During the French Revolution , the creation of new squares changed the face of the village. In 1791, all documents that documented the development of the village since the Middle Ages fell victim to the general uproar .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 769 | 888 | 863 | 942 | 964 | 1008 | 1128 | 1168 |
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literature
- Jean-Luc Aubarbier, Michel Binet: Lovable Périgord. Ouest-France, Rennes 1990, ISBN 2-7373-0299-4 , p. 21.
