Carsac-de-Gurson

Carsac -de- Gurson ( Occitan: Carsac de Gurçon ) is a commune of 196 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region.

Location

Carsac -de- Gurson lies at an altitude of about 95 meters above sea level. inst in the west of the department of Dordogne at only a short kilometers from the neighboring department of Gironde. The nearest major town is ten km ( driving distance ) southeast location Saint- Méard -de- Gurçon; Bergerac, the capital of the arrondissement is about 36 kilometers to the southeast.

Demographics

The community had in the 19th century, mostly over 300 Einwöhner. Through the phylloxera crisis in the wine and the mechanization of agriculture, the population declined from the lows of the past decades.

Economy

In earlier times, the residents of the community lived as subsistence agriculture, which included the wine and the breeding of sheep and goats.

History

The Romanesque church testifies to the reaching back at least to the Middle Ages occupation of the site, which renamed itself in 1961 by Carsac -de- Villefranche Carsac -de- Gurson.

Attractions

• The Romanesque parish church ( Église Saint- Pierre ) comes from the 12th century. The west facade is in the style of the north-west adjacent landscapes of the Charente and the Saintonge with a triumphal arch scheme in a five -stepped, but otherwise - designed dominated portal zone largely decor loose Archivolts Portal - with the exception of two animal figures above the lateral gusset and a framing diamond or star rod. Above this is a console frieze and a five-part arcades zone and a powerful - but timeless decor - clock tower. The northern outer wall of the nave church has tilted by the shear forces of the slightly pointed barrel vault. The church has already been recognized in 1940 as a monument historique.
• The Château de Gurcon (44 ° 56 ' 20 " N, 0 ° 4' 53 " O44.9388888888890.081388888888889 ) originates from the 12th century; However, it was in 1254, so in advance of the Hundred Years War, by the troops of King Henry III. destroyed. After the reconstruction in the 14th century by the Counts of Foix - Gurcon that presented here, the local landlord family ( seigneurs ), it housed the French kings Henry III. and Henry IV. was only in the course of the French Revolution, it fell definitively. The ruin is recognized as a monument historique since 1948.
• The one and a half kilometers south west Lac de Gurson is a popular destination on hot summer days.