Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert

Javerlhac -et -la -Chapelle -Saint -Robert, Occitan Javerlhac e la Chapela Sent Robert, is a municipality with 908 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the French department of Dordogne in the Greater Region Aquitaine. It belongs to the canton Nontron and forms part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.

Geography

The community Javerlhac -et -la -Chapelle -Saint -Robert in 1823 merged from the two former municipalities Javerlhac and La -Chapelle -Saint -Robert. It includes the hamlet Chantegros, Chez Joly, Chez Marronnet, Forgeneuve, Gros and Petit Gillou Guillou, Guétière, Jommelières, Labadias, La Cour, La Meynardie, Le Buisson, Les Brousses, Les Chenauds, Puymoger, Pys and Tassat.

The municipal area is bisected from southeast to northwest flowing Bandiat, with a significantly larger left-side area. Approximately one kilometer before the Javerlhac Bandiat takes his right-hand tributary, the Doue, which also forms the municipal boundary to Saint -Martin- le-Pin, on. The left-hand area possesses due to karst features no permanent rivers, the right side would still be the Marcourive, the Merlancon and the Ruisseau de Saint -Martin to mention.

Javerlhac is crossed by the course of the river Bandiat following D 75 of Nontron by Marthon, in northeast-southwest direction also crosses the D 92 of Étouars after Mainzac. La -Chapelle -Saint -Robert can be reached via the D 92. Javerlhac is located 13 kilometers from Nontron and 35 km from Angoulême.

Besides the aforementioned Saint -Martin- le-Pin in the east, the municipality is surrounded by the following municipalities:

• Lussas -et- Nontronneau in the southeast
• Hautefaye in the southwest
• Mainzac in the West
• Souffrignac in the northwest
• Varaignes and Teyjat in the north and
• Le Bourdeix in the Northeast.

With its border with Mainzac and Souffrignac it already touches the Charente.

Geology

The pending in the municipal area rocks belong mainly to the sediments of the Aquitaine basin, only at the extreme eastern edge of the Doue are also Variscan basement rocks of the Massif Central encountered ( Piégut -Pluviers granodiorite ). The sedimentary rocks are from the Dogger.

The series starts in the upper Bajocian with micro-to crypto- crystalline white and beige Fossilkalken that contain several significant Oolithlagen. These rocks can be at times very strongly recrystallized and silicified. On the left Bandiatseite follow Bathonian and Callovian, also white, beige, partly brownish Fossilkalke, which can be formed chalky already. The Bathonian is approximately 50 meters thick and leads lithoclasts, bioclasts with remnants of Lamellibranchia, Rhynchonelliden and gastropods, as well as relatively rare Oolithlagen. The 25 meter thick Callovian contains Onkolithen, foraminifera and stromatolites. The sediments are largely flat, only Javerlhac occur locally tilts at a southeast-northwest trending fault zone; her the northeastern basement block was lifted. In Pys a similar, across withdrawing from Nontron, parallel fault zone runs out. She is mineralized and leads mainly sphalerite, pyrite, barite and galena. At La -Chapelle -Saint -Robert formerly iron mining, which was smelted from the tertiary, which originated Callovian covering Sidérolithique and then at Forgeneuve.

In the valley of the Pleistocene alluvial river sands Bandiat be found with quartz pebbles.

History

The settlement Javerlhacs goes back at least to the first century BC as finds in the cave of the Ormes show. The place name is of Celtic origin and was formerly Jabreille ( land of goats). During the construction of the railway station of the former, but now now disused railway line Angoulême - Thiviers the ring of a Roman knight and graves from the Gallo- Roman and Merovingian were found.

In the early Middle Ages, the cultural life shifted then to two miles away Saint -Robert, a Romanesque church with entrance portal in Saintongestil from the 11th century, which emerged from an existing since the year 1050 Benedictine priory. The presence of the Benedictine but can be traced back to the year 980. The priory was abandoned in the 16th century, the former convent buildings have not survived.

In the 12th century, was then begun with the building of the church of Saint- Étienne with asymmetrical double ship in Javerlhac. The next-door castle originally dates from the year 1225, but was destroyed in 1369 by the British in 1499 and rebuilt.

In the 18th century under the direction of the Marquis de Montalembert numerous forges emerged on Bandiat, including Forgeneuve, Jommelières and the Forge de la Chapelle.

Demographics

Population growth is generally declining since 1962, but it had recovered to 1990 in the meantime something.

Attractions

• The Romanesque church in La- Chapelle -Saint -Robert in the 11th century, recognized since 1920 as a monument historique.
• The church of Saint -Étienne, since 1948 reported in Javerlhac from the 12th and 16th century as a monument historique.
• The Javerlhac castle from the 16th century, historique since 1974 Monument. With pigeon tower and water mill for the production of walnut oil.
• The Puymoger Castle
• Manoir du Logis
• The royal blacksmiths Forgeneuve with large water wheel and blast furnaces. Here cannons were once cast for the Navy. Since 1976 Monument historique.

Photo Gallery

• The Castle of Javerlhac
• The Manoir du Logis
• The mill-wheel of Forgeneuve
• The tower of the church Saint- Étienne
• Niche with two Gisants in Saint- Étienne
• Capitals at the entrance of Saint -Robert
• Center of Javerlhac with town hall, post office and Banquet Hall