Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt

Port-Sainte -Foy- et- Ponchapt is a French small town with 2489 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It is with respect to the municipal area and population, the largest municipality in the canton Vélines. The municipality belongs since 2004 to the Association of Municipalities Pays Foyen.

Geography

Port-Sainte -Foy- et- Ponchapt located in the southwest of France, 63 kilometers east of Bordeaux, 22 kilometers west of Bergerac, the seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissements, and 7.6 kilometers east of Vélines, the capital of the canton, on a medium height of 87 meters above the sea level. The Mairie stands at a height of 17 meters. Neighboring communities of Port -Sainte -Foy- et- Ponchapt are Saint -Antoine -de- Breuilh in the West, Saint- Avit -Saint -Nazaire in the Northeast, Saint -André- et- Appelles in the South and Sainte -Foy- la- Grande southeast on the other bank of the Dordogne. The municipality has an area of 1832 hectares.

The municipality is one of the type Cfb climate zone ( Köppen and Geiger after ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.

History

Originally, Port-Sainte -Foy- et- Ponchapt the port of Sainte -Foy- la -Grande. The small town was the Stone Age a meeting place of people as numerous finds of stone tools attest to flint. The community of Port -Sainte -Foy was born in 1859 by the merger of the municipalities of Saint -Avit -de- Tizac, Le Canet and La Rouquette. In 1960, the town was incorporated Ponchapt and the community was given its present name.

1940 fled some families from Plobsheim in Alsace prior to the German occupiers to Port -Sainte -Foy, therefore maintain the two communities to this day a special friendship.

Demographics

Culture and sights

A Gallo- Roman villa of the first century was destroyed in the 3rd century and rebuilt in the 4th century. In later times, until 1850 the building was used for religious purposes. In the building of five Christian mosaics were found dating from the 4th century. They were protected monument in 1926 as " historic monuments".

The Fauga castle was built in the 18th century. It was built by a Protestant family. In the basement there was an escape route to the hamlet of La Rouquette. The building consists of a main building with two wings, the west stands a round tower. In the left wing of the castle, a kitchen with a Louis XV fireplace remained. The right wing was formerly used as a cowshed and ends with an older building, which is concluded by a round tower. The castle was entered in the additional list of " historic monuments" in 1989.

Port-Sainte -Foy- et- Ponchapt belongs to the Roman Catholic community Communauté des deux Rives du Pays Foyen (, the two banks of the landscape of Foy ') is that part of the parish of Sainte Marie de Périgord Foyen of the Diocese of Périgueux and Sarlat.

The Catholic Church of Ponchapt was originally the chapel of a castle. The castle was destroyed in the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ). Hundreds of meters north of the church there is a force to be miraculous source. Chapel and spring were at a historic part of the Camino. Shortly before the Revolution the chapel was enlarged, provided with a bell tower and explained to the parish church of Ponchapt. Until 1924 the church was surrounded by a cemetery, which was then brought out of the city. Since the community is created through a merger of several districts, there are three Catholic churches.

Already in 1591 a first Protestant church was established in the wake of the Reformation. It existed until 1677th A second church was built in 1827 and destroyed by a flood in 1843. A third church was built in 1866 and inaugurated in 1870 in the presence of 22 Protestant pastors. This building is no longer used for worship today. There is a Protestant church and a Protestant museum in the neighboring village of Sainte -Foy- la -Grande.

There is also a mosque in Port -Sainte -Foy- et- Ponchapt.

Economy and infrastructure

In 2009, 34.3 per cent of workers were employed in the town, the others were commuters. 8.7 percent of workers were unemployed.

There is a primary school and a kindergarten in the community. The nearest railway station is in Sainte -Foy- la -Grande. The nearest airport is Bergerac 24.4 km distant airport.

The municipal area controlled designation of origin (AOC ) for Bergerac and Montravel wines and protected geographical indications ( Veau du Limousin ) ( IGP) for veal, lamb apply ( Agneau du Périgord ), ham ( Jambon de Bayonne ), grass ducks for foie ( Canard à foie gras du Sud -Ouest ), strawberry ( Fraise du Périgord ), prunes d'Ente species Prunus domestica called Pruneau d' Agen and wines labeled Périgord.