Saint-Estèphe, Dordogne

Saint- Estèphe, Occitan Sent Estefe, is a commune with 590 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.

Etymology

The Occitan Sent Estefe called the St. Stephen and is usually rendered in French as Saint- Étienne. In the 13th century it was known as Stefanus still Sanctus Deus Ledros and on the Cassini map of the 18th century Saint- Étienne le Droux.

Geography

Saint- Estèphe is situated in the Périgord Vert and is approximately seven kilometers from the lying to the south Nontron and about four kilometers from the northeastern Piégut -Pluviers.

Saint- Estèphe is surrounded by the following municipalities:

• Busserolles in the North
• Piégut -Pluviers in the north- east and east
• Augignac the east and southeast
• Le Bourdeix the south and southwest
• Étouars in the West
• Bussière- Badil in the northwest

To the municipality of Saint- Estèphe include the following hamlets, farms, mills and a castle: Badeix, Barraud, Bridarias, Chevalarias, Fixard, Font Froide, Gondat, L' Etang Neuf, La Haute Sudrie, La Menardie, La Pouge, La Sudrie, Lacaujamet, Le Bois Périgord, Le Briodet, Grand Etang, Le Moulin de Lapeyre, Le Moulin de Ligneras, Le Moulin Fondu, Le Verger, Les Blancs, Les Forêts, Les Petits Moulins, Ligneras, Maisonneuve, Mérigaud, Peyrat, Puycharnaud, Seguinaud and Villepradeau.

The southeast of the township is drained by the Doue and her little left side arm. The Doue leaves at Le Moulin de Ligneras the municipal area to the west. It is just east of the 30 -acre Etang de Saint- Estèphe dammed from the center (of which 17 hectares released for beach traffic), a well-known recreation center with camping. The northwest is drained by the Ruisseau des Forges, a right tributary of the Doue in southwestern direction.

The topographically lowest point of the municipality is located 177 meters above sea level in the extreme southwest of Doue. The highest point at 300 meters above sea level is located just east of Lacaujamet in the far northeast. To recognize thus is a general dip of the land to the southwest.

Transport links

The town of Saint- Estèphe is situated on the north- south running D 88 of Busserolles after Nontron. Here also crosses an east- west running local road from Augignac to Le Bourdeix. On the northern edge of the township, the D runs 91 of Piégut -Pluviers after Montbron. Right through the municipality village north crossing in northeast-southwest direction, branching off from the D 91 D 92 after Javerlhac and the D 91 E of Piégut to Le Bourdeix.

Distance footpath

The municipality of Saint- Estèphe is crossed in the north- east at Bridarias and Lacaujamet from GR 4 or prejudice.

Geology

Saint- Estèphe is situated entirely on the Piégut -Pluviers - granodiorite ( in Normalfazies ). In Les Blancs whose fine-grained Dachfazies is open. North of the Lacaujamet Normalfazies goes into the coarse-grained Porphyrfazies. In the meantime disused quarry of Lacaujamet the granodiorite was formerly mined, the blocks were further processed mainly for door and window lintels.

History

Oldest cultural witness in the municipality of Saint -Estèphe is a Menhirpaar at Fixard in the north ( megalithic ). The Romanesque church in the village dates from the 12th century. In the same period, the remains of the ancient abbey ( Grammont Enser ) of Badeix go back. In Briodet once stood a castle from the 13th century.

Demographics

Source: INSEE

The population of Saint- Estèphe are generally declining since the early 1960s.

Mayor

From 1965 to 2001, Mayor of Saint- Estèphe to the PCF belonging Dutin René, who also served as a deputy in the National Assembly between 1997 and 2002 and since 1979 belonged to the General Council of the Dordogne. Since 2001, the socialist Marc Veyssière is in office, a former teacher retired.

Attractions

• The Menhirpaar from the megalithic age in Fixard. One of the two menhirs is unfortunately fallen over and broken.
• The Romanesque church of Saint- Estèphe from the 12th century, built in granodiorite. It was in the 15th century and later enlarged.
• The remains of the Grammontenserpriorats of Badeix from the 12th century.
• The pent-up lake Grand Etang.
• The Roc Branlant, located in the immediate vicinity of the swimming lake at Doue. This is a 3 × 3 × 3 meter Granodioritblock, which can be brought with some effort to tilting movements. Immediately downstream is a rock Sea ( Ciappelletto -du- Diable ) follows, that totally covered in places, the Doue. The emergence of this natural phenomenon is likely due to the output of the last ice age be (increased erosion).