Saint-Paul-la-Roche

Saint- Paul-la -Roche ( Occitan Sent Pau la Rocha ) is a commune with 522 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the north- east of the department of Dordogne, in the Aquitaine region. It is an integral part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.

Etymology

Saint- Paul-la -Roche is derived from St Paul ( Paul Sanctus ) and the hamlet of La Roche ( to the German rock), which was named after the former 's soaring quartz rocks (La Roche Blanche ).

Geography

Saint- Paul-la -Roche is located 9 kilometers north-east of Thiviers and 5 kilometers west-southwest of Jumilhac- le -Grand ( straight line ). The community is surrounded by the following neighboring communities:

• Saint -Priest- les- Fougères in the north.
• Jumilhac -le- Grand in the northeast and east.
• Sarrazac in the southeast.
• Nantheuil in the south.
• Thiviers in the southwest.
• Saint- Jory- de Chalais in the West.
• Chalais in the West.
• La Coquille in the northwest.

In addition to the community center consists of the following hamlets, farms, mills and castles: Artis, Beauplat, Chalamant, Chandeuil, Château de Chalard, Château de Montardy, Château la Val ( l) ade, Combier, Curmont, Eleix, Graffanaud, La Brousse, La Bussière, La Chassagne, La Croze, La Fagnade, La Farge, La Genetterie, La Grave, La Jarrige, La Lande de Beauplat, La Lande de la Peyzie, La Lande de Perrières, La Messeillasse, La Messelie, La Morandie, La Mouretie, La Papalie, La Petite countryside, La Petite Pouge, La Peyzie, La Pouille, La Pouyade d' Artis, La Renolphie, La Rivalie, La Roche, La Tuillère, La Val ( l) ade, Lascombas, Lavaud, Le Chalard Le Chalaret, Le Chatenet, Le Chêne Blanc, Le Goinaud, Le Grand Bois, Le Marguillier, Le Minaret, Le Moulin de la Brousse, Le Moulin de la Peyzie, Le Moulin du Breuilh, Le Petit Clos, ( Le) Pierrefiche, Le Rieu Mort, Le Rouchoux de la Forêt, Les Pradelles de Chalamant, Les Pradelles de Lintignac, Lintignac, Paradinas, Bernard Poirier, Poirier Vachat, Pont- Fermier and Vialotte.

The draining to the southwest Isle forms the southeastern boundary of the municipality to Jumilhac -le- Grand and Sarrazac. Right through the municipal area the Rochille flows south to empty into the left side Valouse shortly before reaching the southern boundary of the municipality. The Valouse passes through the western section of the community in a south-southeast direction, it forms several kilometers, the western border of Chalais. Soon after she recorded the Rochille it leads in turn as a left tributary of the Isle. The Isle decreases after reaching the community on four smaller right side streams, all of which are oriented to the south-southeast. The Ruisseau de Curmont is also a right side of the river Isle; it runs east-west and forms the southern boundary to Nantheuil. The Ruisseau de la Val ( l) ade flows a little further north in the same direction, but opens into the Valouse.

The topographically lowest point in the municipal area of 165 meters located at the mouth of Ruisseau de Curmont in the Isle; here leaves the Isle the church in general southwesterly direction. The highest point at 342 meters is located at La Lande de Perrières northeast of the town center.

Geology

Saint- Paul-la -Roche makes its name, it has an extremely versatile geology. The municipality is located exclusively on the metamorphic basement rocks of the northwestern Massif Central. The upcoming rocks belong mainly to the Lower Gneiss ceiling, only in the extreme southwest still rocks the Thiviers - Payzac Unit are encountered. It is in the rocks of the Lower Gneiss ceiling mainly mica schist, paragneiss, mica slaty paragneiss and medium -grained Leptynite; The latter form part of the arch of Saint- Yrieix. The mica schist have emerged from Argiliten, the paragneiss expected from Neoproterozoic greywackes and more clayey parent rocks come from. The Leptynite granitic composition are attributed to the Ordovician.

The Thiviers - Payzac Unit in the south consists of the mesozonalen PAYZAC quartzite, one equivalent of the rhyodacite Thiviers Sandstone ( Grès de Thiviers ), which is only slightly weaker metamorphic. The unit has passed the paragneiss of the Lower Gneiss ceiling along an abnormal contact with right- shifting component and assigns against the generally northeast trending rocks of the Lower Gneiss ceiling a completely different strike on - east-northeast.

Included in the mica schist are near the hamlet of La Valade the basic and ultrabasic rocks of the Roche Noire massif, mainly Metagabbros and peridotites, ie rocks of the former oceanic crust. This massif contains numerous tectonic lenses on serpentinized peridotites and amphibolites as well as a larger Serpentinitvorkommen. The mica schist and micaceous ring paragneiss contain trains of garnet amphibolites leading. Chance they can also occur in the paragneiss. Also epidote - leading Amphibolitzüge occur, for example, at the cemetery in the ring micaceous paragneisses in Lintignac in the Leptyniten and Curmont even in PAYZAC quartzite. Even smaller Eklogitvorkommen are present, three at Graffanaud at the Valousemündung and one at the Isle Combier. Worth mentioning are also smaller trains of dacitic Metatuffen in the paragneisses, mica -rich paragneiss and - again - in Payzac quartzite. A special feature is the mass of quartz La Roche, which has now broken down completely. The very pure, milky Exsudationsquarz was requested because of its special qualities by NASA for optical lenses. It is characterized by very closely spaced, parallel shear planes. The former quarry also contained single crystals in the decimeter to meter scale.

The metamorphic conditions: the Payzac the staurolite - quartzite Isograd exceeded, the rocks of the Lower Gneiss ceiling are located largely in the Staurolithzone, in the north and in the center they reach the kyanite - Isograd.

Three north-south striking faults (north of Chalamant, in the village and at Le Rouchou de la Forêt) put the original layer sequence. The disturbances of Chalamant and Le Rouchou de la Forêt are brecciated and cataclastic. The latter is even continuing to Sarrazac; in the north they fiedert from the south ( in the municipality of Sarrazac ) separates it from the Sarrazac massif.

Enveloping, partly forming ridges, tertiary layers of old rites consist primarily of Pliocene, fluvial gravels ( tongues at La Lande de Beauplat, La Lande de Perrières, La Petite country and Le Pierrefiche ) and Pleistocene colluvium.

History

In the 11th century, the Château du Chalard mentioned in writing for the first time. It was largely destroyed during the Hundred Years War. The Romanesque local Church of Saint- Paul-la -Roche dates back to the 12th century. In the 15th century, the Château de Montardy arose. In its place there was formerly a fortress of the Knights Templar. On the Templars and the Maison goes templière back.

Attractions

• The Romanesque village church of Saint -Pierre -et-Saint -Paul.
• The Château de Montardy.
• The Château du Chalard.
• The Château de la Valade from the 18th century.
• The house of the Templars (La Maison templière ).

Infrastructure

Transport links

On the western border of the township, the major route N 21 from Limoges to Perigueux leads over to the south. In parallel, the rail line runs from Limoges to Thiviers. Along the southern and southeastern boundary of the D 78 Jumilhac -le- Grand is proceeding according Thiviers. The center in a south-southeast direction crosses the D 67 of La Coquille after Sarrazac. Several local roads connect the numerous hamlets among themselves and with the center.