Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil
The French town of Saint -Sulpice- de -Mareuil, Occitan Sent Soplesí de Maruelh, located in the northwest of the department of Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It has 125 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) and is one of 14 municipalities of the canton of Mareuil. Your municipality also forms an integral part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.
Etymology
Saint- Sulpice, Occitan Sent Soplesí ( s ), is derived from the Holy Sulpicius ( Sanctus Sulpicius ).
Geography
Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil is located four kilometers east-northeast of Mareuil and 14 km west-southwest of Nontron away (air line). The community is surrounded by the following neighboring communities:
- Rudeau - Ladosse in the North
- Champeaux -et -la- Chapelle- Pommier in the East
- Vieux -Mareuil in the south
- Mareuil in the southwest and
- Puyrenier in the West.
The municipality of Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil is next to the center of the following hamlets, villages, castles, a mill and a blacksmith:
Château de Bonrecueuil, Château La Faye, Château Lavergne (or la Vergne ), Corneuil, Daunières, Faucharias, La Ferme ( de Lavergne ), La Forge de Rudeau, La Gonterie, La Roderie, La Roussie, location, Lameau, Le Genet, Le Moulin de Connezac, Le Pout ( Pout), Piacaud and Pommier.
The northern boundary of the municipality to Rudeau - Ladosse is formed by the flowing westward Nizonne. Left side arms of the Nizonne are a small valley that opens out to the south of Rudeau in the Nizonne. It rises on the southeast border at Le Genet and falls seasonally dry. Furthermore, a smaller tributary rises south from the town center and opens shortly before the mill, Le Moulin de Connezac in the Nizonne. A small dry valley eventually forms the northwestern border with Puyrenier. Two other small dry valleys are there in the vicinity of the hamlet of La Roderie. All these valleys are aligned north to Nizonne out.
The topographically lowest point in the municipality of Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil is located 115 meters above the sea on the Nizonne at Champellat (municipality Puyrenier ) on the north -west corner, the highest point at 225 meters, is located south of the situation on the southern border to Vieux -Mareuil. The absolute difference in altitude is 110 meters. The community thus occupies the north side of a slightly north to Nizonne sloping towards the ridge.
Geology
The municipality of Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil is underlain in its entirety by flat-lying sediments of the northern Aquitaine basin. The sediments fall with a maximum of up to 8 ° to the south-southwest and structurally still belong to the northern wing of the Combiers -Saint -Crépin -de- Richemont syncline. Oldest open-minded formation is Turonian, specifically the formation of Angoulême Angoumiens. It consists of resistant Rudistenkalken, which often form a morphological layer rib in the field. On the Angoumien the right hard Fossilkalke of Coniaciums follow. The Coniacian usually leads sandy limestones and fine sands at its base and closes with Austernkalken. The town of Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil is built on Coniacian. About the Coniacian to Santonian sets, starting the sub- mi Anton (gray, platy, glaukonithaltige Kreidekalke ). The Upper Cretaceous sediments end with the middle and upper Anton - marly limestones with oysters Schill and silty, glaukonithaltige limes and finally the sand. The southern elevations are covered by colluvium, which emerged from the sands of the upper Antons ( formation ACC). The rearrangement of these altérité took place during the Pleistocene. The left, Rudeau opposite side valley is filled by Würm temporal slope debris. The sediments in the floodplains of the Nizonne date from the Holocene.
History
The oldest preserved building in Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil is the Romanesque parish church built in the 12th century. The Château de la Vergne castle was built in the 15th century. The Château de la Faye goes back to the 16th century.
Demographics
Source: INSEE population figures in Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil were up sharply in 2004, but since then recover somewhat. The loss of population was more pronounced than in the rest of the canton Mareuil.
Mayor
Mayor of Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil is since 2008, the non-party farmer Jean -Luc Aimont.
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint- Sulpice, Monument historique since 1948. The entrance is on the south side.
- Château de la Vergne from the 15th and 17th centuries; with pigeon tower.
- Château de la Faye from the 16th and 18th centuries; with cross from the 17th century, which is reported as a monument historique.
- Château de Beaurecueil.
Infrastructure
Transport links
Through the center of Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil D leads 708 of Nontron after Mareuil. The D 93 runs from the town center from south to Vieux -Mareuil. The village center is also clear from a local road which crosses the Nizonne at the Château de la Vergne lock them, and move on Ladosse after Beaussac. Another local road reaches La Chapelle- Pommier in the east.