Brossac

Brossac is a municipality with 532 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Charente region of France in the Poitou -Charentes.

Location

Brossac is each about fifty km ( driving distance ) southeast of Cognac and Angoulême in south-west of the old cultural landscape of the Angoumois at an altitude of about 150 meters above sea level. inst.

Demographics

In the 19th century, the population fluctuated constantly 900-1200 residents. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in the wine and the mechanization of agriculture, the population has since declined.

Economy

Brossac lived for centuries of agriculture; the bottoms of the community belong to the Bons Bois of the vineyard Cognac, but the sales of expensive wine fires in recent decades tended to shrink, so that the wine plays only a marginal role. Revenue from tourism, especially the rental of apartments ( gîtes ), since the 1960s play a not unimportant role in the revenue of the municipal treasury.

History

On the territory is the existence of a Gallo-Roman estate (villa rustica) is evidenced by finds. The Romanesque- Early Gothic church of points onto an already existing mediaeval center.

Attractions

  • About one kilometer east of the town there are the few, but mentioned already in 1278 ruins of an ancient country estate and a small aqueduct. They are recognized as a monument historique since 1875 or since 1889.
  • The Parish Church ( Église Notre -Dame) is a building of the 12th to the 15th century and carries both Romanesque and Gothic features. The corners of the west facade and the high walls of the nave are reinforced by buttresses. Several stairs lead up to a slightly pointed portal, which is surmounted by a large early Gothic, maßwerklosen lancet windows. In contrast, the gable appears to be the work of the Renaissance. The single nave of the church is covered by a pointed barrel vault with brick Gurtbogenunterzügen. The crossing is covered with a cross vault; the semicircle of the apse are presented high arcades. The church has a late Gothic octagonal baptismal font and is classified as a monument historique since 1985.
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