Agris

Agris is a municipality in western France with 831 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) and is part of the Charente in the Poitou -Charentes.

Location

The center of Agris is located approximately 500 meters west of the river Tardoire at a height of about 80 meters above sea level. inst in the cultural landscape of the Angoumois about 23 km ( driving distance ) north-east of Angoulême; the capital of Canton, La Rochefoucauld, is located about 7 km to the southeast.

Demographics

Economy

For the surrounding small rural towns and hamlets ( hamlets ) Agris was in the Middle Ages as the central market and the artisan village of importance. Agriculture and forestry play a certain role in the economic life of the village even today. In addition, the wine is of importance - the layers to Agris belong to the Bons Bois the wine region of Cognac. Since the 1970s and 1980s, the rental of apartments has been added as a source of income.

History

In the embossed area of limestone caves to Agris were small finds and a grave with bones of eight people, including three children, (ca. 7000 BC) discovered in prehistoric times. The most important finding is, however, a gold leaf coated with abstract vegetable motifs richly decorated bronze helmet ( casque ) from the 4th century BC, is in the Musée des Beaux -Arts in Angoulême.

Attractions

• The single-nave Romanesque church Saint- Caprais is originally from the mid-12th century; However, she was awarded in the 13th and 14th centuries by a tower over the apse and a rectangular appearance at the gable - otherwise unadorned - West facade her military-like appearance. The church has since 1925 listed building and is registered as a monument historique. To their equipment includes a silver-plated holy water bucket ( seau à eau bénite ) with sprinkler ( aspersoir ) from the 18th century, which is also performed as a monument historique since 1913.
• In the center stands a laterally open, but covered public grain mill, in which the peasants - but other inhabitants of the place - their crops with the help of an ox that was stretched into a lateral yoke, could ground itself.
• At a junction, about 300 meters north of the town center stands on a square base with molded cover plate a so-called Hosanna Cross ( Croix de la Tuilière ). This consists of a profiled base, a round of several stone composite drums with a diameter of about 0.60 meters, about 4.90 meters high pillar with inlaid, tapered tip and an isosceles Greek cross. The crossroads of Agris was recognized in 1986 as a monument historique.

Pictures

Gilt bronze helmet

Grain Mill

Hosanna Cross