Sireuil
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême | |
| Canton | Val de Nouère | |
| Community association | Grand Angoulême | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 37 ′ N , 0 ° 1 ′ E | |
| height | 20-88 m | |
| surface | 10.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,158 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 116 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 16440 | |
| INSEE code | 16370 | |
 Sireuil - Église Saint-Orient |
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Sireuil is a western French city and a municipality with 1,158 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
Location and climate
The place Sireuil is located on the north bank of the Charente about 21 km (driving distance) southwest of Angoulême in the cultural landscape of the Angoumois in the southern Charente at an altitude of about 25 m . The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 855 mm / year) falls over the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 |
| Residents | 764 | 813 | 771 | 947 | 1,127 | 1,158 |
Despite the phylloxera crisis in viticulture, the increasing mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms, which at times led to a lack of jobs, the population of the community has increased noticeably since the 1920s.
economy
For centuries, the inhabitants of the community lived on agriculture as self-sufficient ; but also a number of mills - u. a. also for the production of paper and leather - settled in the water-rich region. There were also several limestone quarries in the area , the products of which were exported across the Charente by barges; In the 1930s, several mushroom growers settled in the rock caves . As early as the 19th century there was a wire drawing shop and a forge , from which a company for the production of iron emerged; Here, Pierre-Émile Martin and the German engineer Carl Wilhelm Siemens developed a simplified process for steel production ( Siemens-Martin process ). After the end of steel production, a large tannery established itself, which ceased operations in 1981; Today there is a small hydroelectric power station in the buildings . The soils of the municipality are in the Fins Bois of the Cognac wine-growing region , but sales of expensive brandies have tended to decline in recent decades, so that nowadays viticulture in the immediate vicinity of Angoulême no longer plays a significant role.
history
There was a Gallo-Roman temple (fanum) near Sireuil . Gregory of Tours mentions one of St. The oratorio Siroialensis , consecrated to Martin of Tours , in which many miracles occurred. In the 12th century the place came into the possession of the Abbey of La Couronne , which built a priory here.
Attractions
- The parish church of Saint-Orient , which dates back to the 12th century but was later repeatedly revised, is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Orientius from Auch ; it was a priory church of the Abbey of La Couronne . Particularly noteworthy are the flat -storeyed apse with its triumphal-arched windows, which are separated from each other by half-columns with resting console friezes , and the Romanesque archivolt portal with rich geometric decoration. Church construction has been recognized as a monument historique since 1925 .
Church tower and wine press
Town hall ( mairie )
- The town hall (mairie) is housed in a one-and-a-half-story former aristocratic palace from the 18th century with a surrounding eaves parapet . The building was recognized as a Monument historique in 1964 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sireuil - climate tables
- ^ Église Saint-Orient, Sireuil in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Logis, Sireuil in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)