Tizac-de-Curton

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Tizac-de-Curton
Tisac de Curton
Tizac-de-Curton (France)
Tizac-de-Curton
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Les Coteaux de Dordogne
Community association Libournais
Coordinates 44 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  W
height 9-77 m
surface 3.97 km 2
Residents 330 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 83 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33420
INSEE code

Mairie Tizac-de-Curton

Tizac-de-Curton ( Occitan Tisac de Curton ) is a southwestern French community with 330 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

The place Tizac-de-Curton is about 16 kilometers (driving distance) to the south of Libourne and about 15 kilometers to the southwest of Saint-Emilion ; he is at a height of about 60 meters above sea level. d. M. The city of Bordeaux is located about 30 kilometers to the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 228 201 219 261 309 297 282 330

In the 19th century the community usually had between 250 and 350 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis and the increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a gradual decline in the number of inhabitants in the second half of the 19th and in the first half of the 20th century, to the lowest level in the 1880s. Due to the relative proximity to the city of Bordeaux and the significantly lower property prices in the country, there has been a slight increase in the population over the past few decades.

economy

Tizac-de-Curton lived for centuries from agriculture, which also includes viticulture, which today occupies the largest acreage in the municipality and is marketed through the appellations of Bordeaux (AOC) , Bordeaux Supérieur (AOC) and Entre-deux-mers (AOC) becomes. But tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) also contributes to the municipality's income.

history

Some local researchers see the origin of the place name in the Latin place name Titiacum , which can be traced back to the Roman or Gallo-Roman name Titus . In the Middle Ages, the place belonged to the manor ( seigneurie ) of the Château de Curton, a good kilometer to the south .

Attractions

Notre-Dame church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 788-789.

Web links

Commons : Tizac-de-Curton  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tizac-de-Curton, Église Notre-Dame in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)