Éraville

Eraville is a southwestern French village with 215 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Charente in the south of Poitou -Charentes region.

Location

The community Eraville lies about 30 km ( driving distance ) southeast of the town of Cognac or about 16 kilometers northeast of Barbezieux -Saint -Hilaire at an altitude of about 70 meters above sea level. inst. , the capital of the canton, Châteauneuf -sur -Charente, is located about 4.5 km north-east.

Demographics

In the first census in France in 1793, the city had 262 inhabitants; Middle of the 19th century, the population temporarily increased to over 300 in order after the phylloxera crisis (approx. 1865-1885 ), with a marked decline in the population had in almost all wine-growing regions of France result, go back to about 200.

Economy

The agriculture and especially the wine played in the villages of the Charente always been an important role. While cereals, vegetables and oilseeds (sunflower ) were mainly cultivated for its own needs, you could earn with the wine (and later brandy ) export to England, Scotland and other northern European countries good money, however with the winemakers lower with the had to settle for some of the credit. Today, the south bank of the Charente at Eraville belongs to the location of the Petite Champagne within the large -growing region of Cognac wines.

History

About the history of Eraville no information is available. It is believed that a Roman road from Saintes ( Mediolanum Santonum ) to Perigueux ( Vesunna ) ran past here.

Attractions

• The Romanesque parish church of Saint -Pierre probably comes from the end of the 12th century. It impresses with its three-part facade with high belfry. The ground floor is divided by two vertical services in three fields: The middle is occupied by a - a little later built - Gothic portal that - as usual in the Charente - has no tympanum; the left box contains a smaller Romanesque Blend Portal. The ground floor includes upwards with a figural frieze console, on which rests a cornice with frieze blocks. The middle floor was formed by a - resting on twin columns - five arcade, in their greater central arch, a window is recessed; the outer arcades have largely disappeared when retrofitting lateral buttresses. The middle floor includes a simple undecorated cornices; above this is a high towering appearance gable. Between the two bells arcades, of which the left was later walled up, there is a console with a barely discernible character - possibly the patron of the church of St. Peter. The single nave interior is barrel- vaulted and has an apse. The church is entered in the List of Monuments historiques since 1965. The bronze bell dates from 1857 and is also a listed monument.
• In the town itself is the town hall, the former school, a listed building; Near the village there are several farmhouses ( fermes ) from the 19th century, which are also of historical significance.