Condat-sur-Trincou
Condat- sur- Trincou, Occitan de Condat Trencor, is a commune with 480 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the north of the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region.
Etymology
Condat is derived from the Gallo-Roman name Condate from - with the meaning estuary, confluence. This should indicate both the mouth of the Trincou in the Côle and the Côle in the Dronne, both of which are located in the municipal area.
Geography
Condat- sur- Trincou is located five kilometers east-northeast of Brantome and 16 km south-southeast of Nontron (air line). The community is surrounded by the following neighboring communities:
- La Chapelle- Faucher in the East
- Eyvirat in the south
- Brantome in the southwest
- Champagnac -de -Belair in the west and north.
The municipality is composed of the following hamlets, farms, mills and castles:
Castillières Aux, Aux Nodies, Chassepoule, Fouret, Grosse Borne, La Croix, La Croix de Péage, La Donie, Le Bourdau, Le Grand Maine, Le Grand Roc, Le Grillet, Le Moulin de la Croix, Le Moulin de Valade, Le Petit Champagnac, Le Petit Maine, Le Petit Roc, Le Pont de Verneuil, Le Vigneau, Les Carrière de Verneuil, Les Danes, Les Guillaumies, Les Jarthes, Les Piles, Les Vignes, Mombicout, Mon ( t) plaisir, Pagnac Puy Blanc, Puy Sec, Puyfayol, Saint- Laurent, Tuquet de l' Olivarie and Valade.
The center is located at Trincou which flows coming from Villars in the northeast to Côle out. The Côle runs through the south of the municipality to lead at Saint -Laurent on the southwest corner as a left tributary of the Dronne. She takes from the mouth on the left side for several dry valleys, including the valleys near Monplaisir and Valade. The Dronne forms on the last one and a half kilometers before Côlemündung the western boundary of the municipality to Champagnac -de -Belair and then to Brantome.
The topographically lowest point at 104 meters above sea level at the Côlemündung, the highest point at 208 meters is located near the hamlet of Le Grand Maine at the southwest corner. The absolute difference in altitude is 104 meters.
Geology
Openness in the community Condat- sur- Trincou are only lying flat (angle of incidence up to 12 °, strike southeast) sediments of the northern Aquitaine basin and their Alterationsprodukte. The layer package begins in Ligérien; whose knolligflaserige to platy, white Kreidekalke are on the left Dronneufer (West end of the village ) at les Carrière de Verneuil to see. Over it follows the Angoumien with the massive Rudistenkalken of Angoulême formation and the less resistant layers of Oberturons. The Angoumien is on the left Dronneufer, on both sides of the lower Trincous and also on both sides of the Côle. Next higher layer member is the Coniacian with its fixed, cryptocrystalline Fossilkalken, sandy limestones, sands and Austernschillkalken. It has a fairly wide distribution and among other things, builds the rocky spur on the village. The series concludes with the sub Anton - gray, platy, glaukonithaltige marly limestones. The lower Anton found in the eastern part of the municipality and to the peaks in the south.
Chance of some altitudes of Pleistocene colluvium are covered, particularly the spine on both sides of Côle. Würmeiszeitlicher scree filled valleys in Trincoutal and in the right side Côletal. A mindelzeitliche high terrace is located on the left edge of the valley of Côle at Le Grand Roc, risseiszeitliche medium and low terraces are frequently encountered in the estuary of Côle and Dronne. The floodplains of the three rivers are built from recent sediments.
Through the municipal area of Condat- sur- Trincou crosses the foothills of Mareuil- interference in ostsüsöstlicher direction. This rejection has led to a lifting of the southern film association. The offset amount is approximately 20 meters. The fault crosses just south of the village; reaching the Côletals complicating the action and it can then watch several smaller side branches.
The Angoumien was mined in several quarries as a building block, such as Les Carrière de Verneuil in Dronnetal, south of the town center in Trincoutal and La Croix in Côletal.
History
The presence of man can be traced back in Condat -sur- Trincou to the megalithic age. At the hamlet Fouret is the Dolmen of Peyrelevade, in the hamlet itself a menhir is obtained. In the village of Condat- sur- Trincou traces have been found from the Celtic period and the Gallo- Roman era. At the foot of the cliff of the so-called barbarians cemetery with burial in an upright position, probably from the time of the migration. In the early Middle Ages was on the rocks a necropolis. Furthermore it is the Romanesque local church was built in the twelfth century. The Castle of Condat (Château de Condat ) dates from the thirteenth century. Bertrand du Guesclin besieged here the English in 1377. Château de Montplaisir castle dates back to the fifteenth century. In the Eighteenth Century, finally, the Château des Castillères castle was built.
On the Cassini map from 1756 to 1789 the place is still cited as Condac. In 1793 he was called then de Condat Drone, 1801 only Condat and only then from 1906 Condat- sur- Trincou.
Management
Mayor of Condat- sur- Trincou since 2008, the non-party retiree François Thomas.
Demographics
Source: INSEE
The population growth was declining in the community Condat- sur- Trincou to 1982. Since then, the numbers compared to the rest of the canton above average on the rise.
Condat- sur- Trincou is in terms of population in 2nd place in the canton Champagnac -de -Belair.
Attractions
- The dolmen and menhir Peyrelevade in Fouret. The dolmen is historique since 1960 Monument.
- The Romanesque local church Saint -Etienne from the Twelfth Century. Monument historique since 1948.
- The Château de Condat castle from the Thirteenth and Fifteenth century.
- The Château de Montplaisir castle. The tower dates from the fifteenth century, the residential wing of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries. In private ownership.
- The Château des Castillères castle from the Eighteenth Century. In private ownership.
Infrastructure
Transport links
In Dronnetal on the western boundary of the parish, the D 83 runs from Brantome to Saint -Pardoux- la -Rivière. The Côletal the south by pulling the D 78 of Brantome to Saint -Jean -de- Côle. The village itself can only be reached by local roads: Champagnac -de -Belair in the northwest of Villars in the northeast, by Valade at D 78 in the south and from Chapelle- Faucher in the southeast. The east of the municipality crosses the D 3 from Villars to Agonac. The north-south running valleys in the southern part of the municipality beyond the Côle be of the D 74 traversed (after Eyvirat and Saint-Front- d'Alemps ) as well as several smaller local roads.