Lignières-Sonneville

Lignières sun Ville is a southwestern French village with 627 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Charente in the south of Poitou -Charentes region; it belongs to the district of Cognac and the canton of Segonzac.

Location

The double municipality Lignières- sun Ville is located about 23 km ( driving distance ) southeast of the town of Cognac at an altitude of about 60 meters above sea level. inst. neighboring communities of Lignières- sun Ville Saint- Preuil (5.5 kilometers to the north ), Segonzac (9 kilometers north-west ), VERRIERES (8 kilometers west ), Juillac -le- Coq (10 kilometers northwest ), Angeac -Champagne (14 kilometers northwest ) and Gensac la Pallue (14 kilometers northwest ).

Demographics

In the first census in France in 1793, the city had 517 inhabitants; Middle of the 19th century, the population temporarily increased to over 1,000 at the end after the phylloxera crisis (approx. 1865-1885 ), with a marked decline in the population had in almost every wine-growing regions of France result, go back to about 700 to 800.

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 Lignières- sun Ville belongs to the location of the Grande Champagne within the large -growing region of Cognac wines.

History

Proto Historic circular trenches (? Rampart ) were discovered in the village of Combes; a rectangular square was exposed in the hamlet of Chez- Piet. From Roman or Gallo- Roman finds nothing is known. In the Middle Ages the territory of the present municipality was part of the Châtellenie de Bouteville, which in turn was owned by the counts of Angoulême. The two larger districts Lignières and sun Ville were - merged in 1845 to a community - along with several hamlets and farmsteads.

Attractions

• The Romanesque parish church of Notre -Dame ( also formerly Saint- Pierre ) in Lignières probably originates from the late 12th and the early 13th century. In the 15th century the church was redesigned and vaulted; from this period are probably also the lateral buttresses. The west façade has a Gothic portal with steps profiled ribs; the two - despite their more pointed arches stronger the tradition charenteser arrested - Blend lateral portals show diamond factory (left) and vegetable motifs ( right). Above a cornice is to be found within a triple arcade, a group of figures with Mary and the infant Jesus on her lap ( sedes sapientiae ), accompanied by worshipers (probably shepherds and kings ). In the lateral blind arches of Gothic tracery approaches can be identified. Above a medium - rich profiled - Round window ( bull's-eye ), the second level ends in a console frieze with cornice resting. Above this is a undecorated pediment with crosses in the corners of the triangle. The portal has - as usual in the southwest of France - no Tympanonfeld; interior of the church has a single nave and barrel vaulting. The choir has a straight apse loose end and ribbed vaults; in appearance, he is - as can be seen at several churches in the area - by a triangular pediment excessive and thus forms a second facade. The church is entered in the List of Monuments historiques since the year 1973. Various ritual objects and parts of the interior of the church came mainly from the 19th century and are also protected monument.
• In the hamlet Combes -nave Romanesque church of Saint -Palais is a tympanonlosen portal with side set columns - act like lathed at the top - instead of capitals. Between the two undecorated Archivolts another arch which is decorated with a serrated rod profile; Site is covered over by a richly decorated arch ( diamond rod and rod prongs ). The chapel provided with a bell gable is also recognized as a monument historique since 1973. Several sarcophagus -like grave stones with Latin inscriptions located in the vicinity of the church.
• The Church of sun Ville ( Eglise de la Sainte Trinite ) also dates from the 12th century; but it was in the 19th century, major restoration and the ' decorated ' with a new west facade. The single, almost windowless interior is barrel vaulted, the chancel is raised in a strange way - the whole church works - apart from its western side - like a fortified church. As in Combes, so can also be found on the former cemetery in front of the Church of Sonneville more elongated medieval (?) Grave stones. The church was incorporated in the year 1973 in the list of Monuments historiques.
• The present castle of Lignières (Château de Lignières ) may have been built on the site of an earlier building, dating from the early 17th century. The two lateral corner projections show a variety of corbels in the form of medieval Machicolation, however, are meant here only decorative or representative. In the raised roof of the middle section ( logistic ) is sufficient space for several attic rooms that served as staff offices or for storage. In the 18th century, the interior has been redesigned. The building can be visited and is classified as a monument historique since 1973.
• The manor Maison Chez Ballet dates from the late 17th century. The two-story, badly decaying building is privately owned but is also recognized as a monument historique since 1973.
• Several fountains and wash houses and some farm houses and grave stones in the area are also of historical value.