Confolens
Confolens (pronounced [ kɔfɔlɑ ], Occitan Confolent ) is a commune with 2676 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Charente in the Poitou -Charentes; it is the administrative center for the district and cantonal Confolens Confolens -Nord and Sud - Confolens.
Geography
Confolens lies at the confluence of the Vienne and Goire - hence the name (from the Latin confluens ) - each 60 to 70 kilometers from Limoges, Angoulême and Poitiers. The city is the center of the Charente limousine on the border between Langue d' oïl and Langue d'oc.
History
Confolens was first mentioned in the 11th century. It belonged to the lords of Chabanais, but was - divided into two dioceses - with the river as a border. In the 12th century the city walls were built. The Barony Confolens was in 1604 raised to the county Confolens.
Demographics
From 1962 only residents with a primary residence
Attractions
- Granite bridge Pont Vieux or, 13th century, Monument historique
- Donjon of the old castle, 12th century.
- Romanesque Gate, Monument historique
- Hôtel de ville, 17th Century, Monument historique
- Mansion of the Counts of Confolens, 15-16. Century, Monument historique
- Rue du Soleil with houses from the 15th and 16th centuries, including the Maison du duc d' Epernon ' ( 16th century monument historique )
- Rue Théophile- Gibouin, Hôtel from the 15th - 18th Century.
- Goire Bridge, 15th - 16th century
- Renaissance fountain of La Fontorse.
- Château de Villars, 16th century, private collection
- Château Garraud, 16th century, private collection
- Château de Villevert, 14th century, private collection
- Halls, Monument historique
- Former priory of Saint -Maxime
- Romanesque church of Saint -Barthélemy, Monument historique
- Former Chapel of the Commandery du Saint Esprit, 13th century, Monument historique
- Goire mill, probably 12th century
Goire Mill
Twinning
- Pitlochry, Scotland, since 1999
- George, Thuringia, Germany, since 2005
Personalities
- Émile Roux
- Anatole Baju
- Michel Maury - Laribière