Montignac-le-Coq

Montignac -le- Coq ( Occitan: Montinhac ) is a small French village with 132 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Charente in the French region of Poitou -Charentes.

Location

Montignac -le- Coq is located in the cultural landscape of the Angoumois, about ten kilometers ( driving distance ) southwest of the capital of the canton of Aubeterre -sur -Dronne at an altitude of about 130 meters above sea level. inst; Angouleme, the capital of the department, is about 43 kilometers away to the north.

Demographics

In the 19th century the place was usually between 500 and 600 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in the wine and the increasing mechanization of agriculture, the population went in the 20th century continuously back to the current lows.

Economy

The small village of Montignac -le- Coq lives for centuries of agriculture, and viticulture - the floors are among the Bons Bois of the vineyard Cognac, but the vines have been significantly reduced due to the slump in sales of wine in the last decades. The income from tourism ( Rentals ) play a significant role in the economic life of the community.

Attractions

• The unadorned apse and the transept crossing the nave parish church ( Église de l' Exaltation de la Sainte -Croix ) are - in spite of precisely hewn stones in the lower part - attributed even the late 11th century. The collapse of the crossing tower and the apse affected was drawn so that its upper part was supplemented with rubble masonry. The west facade and the windows of the nave were fundamentally renewed in the 19th century.
• At the entrance is a covered fountain, which is modeled in form of a field stone cottage.
• In the vicinity there is a Hoof Stand, which served to fix the animals in the hoof or in shoeing.

Fountain

Hoof Stand ( travail)