Cursan

Cursan is a commune in the Gironde department in the region of Aquitaine. It belongs to the canton of Creon in the arrondissement of Bordeaux and has 531 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011).

Geography

Cursan located in the southwest of France in the region of Entre -deux-mers between the rivers Garonne and Dordogne, 22 km east of Bordeaux, the capital of the Aquitaine region, and 4.2 kilometers north-east from the cantonal capital of Creon, on an average height of 75 meters above the sea level. The village is surrounded by the neighboring communities Baron, La Sauve and Croignon. The municipality has an area of 6.07 square kilometers. The river flows through Gestas the community, it is a tributary of the Dordogne, and is classified as an important reserve in the Natura 2000 network.

Cursan is a climate of type Cfb ( according to Köppen and Geiger ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.

History

Cursan was mentioned in the 11th century in a document of the Abbey of La Sauve -Majeure first time. It related to the Ernennenung of Ocent de Cursan to judge the Prévôté of La Sauve by the founders of monasteries and saints Gérard de Sauve -Majeure ( 1025-1095 ).

The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) the church of Cursan was damaged. In the inventory lists of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux from 1459, it was noted that the Church was a ruin and einbrächte no more taxes.

1793 Cursan received in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) the status of a municipality and 1801 by the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821) the right to local self-government. 1809, the official letters were delivered by the sub-prefecture in Libourne to the municipality by a messenger. From 1830 there was also a delivery service for private letters of all citizens, whose headquarters are also found in Libourne. 1834 Cursan was assigned to the district of Bordeaux. 1870, the church of Saint -Jean was destroyed in 1874 and rebuilt as Saint -Michel. 1899 a village school was built. The building housed both the Mairie (, mayor ').

Culture and sights

All buildings in the hamlet Landrin date from the 17th century. The buildings in the hamlet Gourmaud also date from the 17th century, but were rebuilt in the 20th century.

The unique frescoes from the 15th century in the apse of the Romanesque church of Saint -Jean were destroyed. A statue from the 16th century, representing the Virgin and Child, was preserved and is now in the church of Saint -Michel.