Le Bourdeix
Le Bourdeix, Occitan Lo Bordelh, is a commune with 246 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It belongs to the district Nontron and Canton Nontron. It also forms part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.
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Geography
Le Bourdeix is about ten kilometers from the south-southeast lying Nontron and about seven kilometers from Piégut -Pluviers. The municipal area is divided by the Doue into two halves. The Doue comes across from Saint- Estèphe and flows initially still in east-west direction. Southwest of the village it takes a right tributary to the Ruisseau des Forges and then bends to the southwest from. The southern boundary of the township to Saint -Martin- le-Pin is the current flowing in the NNW direction Combas, a small left-hand side of the brook Doue.
The topographically lowest point of the municipality is located 141 meters above the sea on the Doue in the extreme southwest, the highest point at 275 meters at Puydivert in the Northeast.
Le Bourdeix is surrounded by the following municipalities:
- Étouars in the North
- Saint- Estèphe in the Northeast
- Augignac in the East
- Nontron in the southeast
- Saint -Martin- le-Pin in the south
- Javerlhac -et -la -Chapelle -Saint -Robert in the southwest
- Teyjat in the West
To the municipality of Le Bourdeix include the following hamlets, farms, and a former blacksmith and a brick: Bonnefont, Bouchardières, Chaffrelière, Chez Carrier, Combas, La Chapoulie, La Grange, Le Claud, Le Débat, Le Doyer, Le Dubreuil, Le Moulin Rou, Le Petit Pys, Le Prieuré, Les Forges, Les Grenouille, Les Queyroux, Pinard, Plaisance, Puydivert, Rapy, Rouméjoux and serpins.
Geology
The Municipality of Le Bourdeix is largely due to the Piégut -Pluviers granodiorite. Only in the western section ( west of the ridge Ruisseau des Forges and the Doue ) transgredieren flat-lying Liassedimente ( arkoses and shales of the Hettangiums Toarciums ) over the granodiorite. The ridge north of Combas ( between Le Prieuré and La Chapoulie ) is also taken from the Lias. The mudstones of the Toarciums were formerly mined at Les Grenouille as a raw material for the now disused brickyard. To the west of the hamlet Bouchardières crosses a NNW- SSE- striking fault; which lie to the west Liassedimente have been lowered here refer to the granodiorite. The granodiorite shows mineralization of barite in Combas and Pinard and galena at Pinard.
History
The oldest structures in Le Bourdeix are built from Granodioritquadern Donjon from the 11th century and the Romanesque church of the 12th century, also in granodiorite. In the former forge Les Forges through which the boundary runs to the neighboring Étouars, iron ore was processed from the Nontronnais melted in blast furnaces (cast iron) and guns for the French Navy in Rochefort between the 15th and 18th centuries. The forge was operated by water power, for this purpose the Ruisseau des Forges has therefore been dammed to form a pond.
Demographics
Source: INSEE
The population has suffered losses in the 1960s, but since 1975 it is again steadily growing.
Attractions
Worth seeing in Le Bourdeix are:
- The Donjon of the 11th century
- The church from the 12th century
- An old pigeon tower
The heavily modified in the 15th century church of Le Bourdeix is known for its amazing frescoes. Shown are deceased with pale faces, shrouded in black robes. The 15th- - coming 16th century figures should have had a symbolic defense function against the plague and other epidemics.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport links
The village of Le Bourdeix is located on the D 3 of Bussière- Badil after Nontron. About the D 91 E is a connection in a northeasterly direction towards Piégut -Pluviers. A local road leaves Le Bourdeix in a southerly direction, crosses the Doue and then branches to Saint -Martin- le-Pin and after Nontron. Another local road connects the town center with its eastern neighbor Saint- Estèphe.