La Coquille
La Coquille, Occitan La Coquilha, is a commune with 1345 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the north- east of the department of Dordogne, in the Aquitaine region. It is an integral part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.
Etymology
The place name La Coquille, the conch, is an allusion to the scallop - it was handed over to the pilgrims of the Camino here.
Geography
La Coquille is located 12 kilometers south of Châlus and 14 kilometers north-east of Thiviers (air line). The community is surrounded by the following neighboring communities:
- Firbeix in the north.
- Saint- Pierre -de- Frugie in the Northeast.
- Saint -Priest- les- Fougères in the east.
- Saint- Paul-la -Roche in the southeast.
- Chalais in the southwest.
- Mialet in the west and northwest.
In addition to the community center consists of the following hamlets, farms, mills and a castle: Bonhur, Champ Baillard, Chantecor, Château de la Meynardie, Chaurieux, chivalry, Curmont, Fardoux, La Barde, La Combe, La Monnerie, La Rebeyrolie, La Roche, La Roussie, La Serve de la Bergère, La Tuillère, Le Clos - Neuf, Le Coderc, Le Meygnaud, Le Moulin Neuf, Les Les Charbonnières Neyroux, Les Peyrières, Les Rivailles, Magondeau, Moulin de Margaud, Piangaud, Puy Roux, Puyroux, Raty, Ruafon and Sainte -Marie -de- Frugie.
The light coming from the north Côle flows in a generally southwesterly direction on the northwestern outskirts of the village; you present them with the first border to Firbeix and, later, Mialet fixed. The eastern boundary of the township to Saint- Pierre -de- Frugie and Saint-Priest- les- Fougères is formed by the Valouse that drains after south-southwest. Southwest of the village stems from the Ruisseau de la Pouyade, a smaller left tributary of the Touroulet. This stream also moves to the southwest.
The topographically lowest point in the municipality of La Coquille with 259 meters is located south of Piangaud at the Valouse, leaving the community here. The highest point of 432 meters is located north of Le Meygnaud in the far north.
Geology
The municipality of La Coquille is located entirely on the metamorphic geology of the northwestern Massif Central. The upcoming rocks form part of the Lower Gneiss ceiling. Are predominantly here to paragneiss, micaceous engined paragneiss, Leptynite and leptynitische eyes gneisses. The paragneisses are probably emerged from Neoproterozoic greywackes that. More micaceous ring paragneiss from clay-rich greywacke The eyes gneisses are considered former Cambrian Leukogranite. The granitic or rhyolitic composition have Leptynite and Ordovician age.
All these rocks were recorded in Devon by a partly high grade regional metamorphism - in the area of La Coquille it has reached the kyanite and the Sillimanitzone ( sillimanite - muscovite - subzone ). The metamorphic emphasize in contrast to other South East direction in the municipality of La Coquille northeast. This bending of the foliation is due to the La Coquille Disorder - a system of several of parallel, northeast - trending faults. These are arranged staggered, steeply dipping faults rich sometimes very deep, be seen for example in a entrained Serpentinitkörper. Associated are also massive quartz and Pegmatitkörper.
The basement rocks are at altitudes largely covered by Hüllsedimenten - tertiary colluvium ( rearranged sands from gneisses and granites, partly aeolian silts, often mixed with alluvium ) and sometimes about pliozänes / Pleistocene alluvium ( river gravel with up to 30 centimeters large quartz pebbles, tongue in Les Rivailles ).
History
The municipality of La Coquille wore until 1856 nor the name of Sainte -Marie -de- Frugie.
Attractions
- The local church Saint -Joseph from the year 1873.
- The Château de la Meynardie castle from the 16th century.
- The hamlet of La Barde with his Zen Buddhist monastery Kanshoji.
Infrastructure
Transport links
By La Coquille coming from the north main artery N 21 of Châlus leads to Thiviers. In parallel, the railway line runs from Limoges to Thiviers (and further to Périgueux ), stopping in La Coquille. From the east the site crosses the D 79, the coming moves on from Jumilhac -le- Grand in westerly direction towards Mialet. Slightly northeast of the town center take the D 67 to 79; it goes from Bussière -Galant (Haute -Vienne ) from the north- northeast and crosses on their way Saint- Pierre -de- Frugie. Behind La Coquille she then continues to Saint -Paul -la -Roche in the south-southeast. About local roads also Chalais and Saint- Jory- de -Chalais are further accomplished.