Fléac

Fléac is a municipality with 3632 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Charente region of France in the Poitou -Charentes.

Location

Fléac is located about seven kilometers ( route ) northwest of the city of Angoulême on the north bank of the Charente in the ancient cultural landscape of the Angoumois at a height of about 50 meters above sea level. inst.

Demographics

In the 19th century, the population fluctuated constantly between 800 and 900 inhabitants. Due to the proximity to the city Angoulême and comparatively cheaper property prices, the population of the community has grown in the 20th century to over 3,000 residents.

Economy

In the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, some water mills (also for paper making ) operated by the river. Even today, there is an establishment for the manufacture of cardboard boxes. Otherwise, determine retail, craft and small service businesses, the economic affairs of the village.

History

In the field of community a Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement was discovered in 2000. A Gallo-Roman statuette dating from the 2nd century, was also found. The Romanesque church points to an existing place in the Middle Ages.

Attractions

• The church of Notre -Dame is a disguised with precisely hewn stone Romanesque building from the 11th and 12th century with a stocky acting and unadorned crossing tower. Worth seeing is the view from the east with the relined by a stone plinth zone and thereby acting almost monumental apse. The west facade is on the ground floor a simple triumphal arch schema with a central doorway and two lateral portals Blend, as it is commonly found on old churches in southwest France. All Archivolts are designed almost unadorned; only the capitals show a vegetable ornament ornamental. There is a narrow window above the portal arch; below the pediment runs a partly figurative frieze console. The side walls of the nave nave were in 12-13. Increased century and reinforced with buttresses to move in two domes inside can, probably replaced an older vault; apparently in this context was also the unadorned pediment. The church is recognized as a monument historique since 1912.
• Right next to the church is the inconspicuous, but also dating from the medieval buildings of the ancienne deanery, which as a receiving and storage area for each year to be built in kind of the farmers ( tithe ) was determined. Inside, a vaulted hall with a fountain.
• The Château de Fléac is erected in historical style forms of construction of the 19th century; it is owned by the municipality and is rented for special occasions.
• The Logis de Chalonnes dates from the 15th century. It is - the looks largely hidden - in a grove and is privately owned.
• The municipal area is a covered wash house ( lavoir ) from the 19th century, in which the basin is inconveniently embedded in the floor.

Partner communities

• Market Wide, Lower Franconia (since 1986)
• Inchture, Scotland (since 1993)