Puyrenier
The French community Puyrenier, Occitan Puei Rainier, located in the northwest of the department of Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It has 57 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) and belongs to the canton of Mareuil and forms part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.
Etymology
Puyrenier, often written Puyrenier, Occitan Puei Rainier, is derived from puy ( hill ) and the Germanic name Rainier (or Rainer ). The place boasts of its hilltop location, a beautiful view to the northeast.
Geography
The community Puyrenier is surrounded by the following municipalities:
- Les Graulges in the North
- Beaussac in the Northeast
- Rudeau - Ladosse in the East
- Saint- Sulpice- de -Mareuil in the southeast
- Mareuil in the southwest
- Sainte -Croix -de- Mareuil in the West.
The populous smallest municipality in the canton of Mareuil is next to the town center with its castle Château de Bellevue '' '' of the following hamlets, farmsteads and another castle:
Champellat, Château de la Combe, Chez Picou, Croix d' Agneau, La Meynardie, La Meyrie, LACAUD, Matassia and Nanchères.
The municipality is bordered to the north by the current flowing in west-north -westerly direction Nizonne. East of the village runs a 2 -kilometer-long dry valley in a northerly direction, it opens at Le Moulin d' Aucors (municipality Beaussac ) in the Nizonne. Another, only temporarily water leading valley forms the southwest border to Mareuil and Ste -Croix -de Mareuil, it ends after 3 kilometers to the northwest below LACAUD also in the Nizonne.
The topographically lowest point in the municipal area of 105 meters above sea level is located on the Nizonne at LACAUD, the river leaves the community here Puyrenier. The highest point at 203 meters is on a northwest-southeast trending ridge about 1 mile west of the village. The maximum height difference therefore amounts to almost 100 meters.
Geology
The community Puyrenier is completely underlain by Upper Cretaceous sediments of the northeastern Aquitaine basin. The layer sequence is in the northern wing of the Combiers -Saint -Crépin -de- Richemont syncline. The layers of paint northwest-southeast and fall with 10 ° slightly to the southwest. Bottom layer open-minded member of the topmost layers of the Angoumiens ( Rudistenkalke of Oberturons ). They line the left bank of Nizonne. In follow hard, crystalline limestones of Coniaciums. About the Coniacian settles Upper and Lower Santonian - gray, glauconitic limestones and marly limestones with leading oysters Schill. The boundary between the lower and upper Anton runs through the town center. The Upper Cretaceous sediments are covered at La Croix d' Meynardie and Agneau of Pleistocene colluvium, which emerged from the sands Santoniums.
History
The oldest preserved building in Puyrenier is the Château de Bellevue castle from the seventeenth century.
Demographics
Source: INSEE
The population Puyreniers is declining compared to 1962 with high volatility.
Infrastructure
Transport links
Along the eastern border of the township lead the D 93 of Beaussac by Mareuil or Vieux -Mareuil. The village itself can be accessed via local streets of Mareuil Les Graulges and Beaussac from.
Attractions
- The Château de Bellevue castle from the seventeenth century.
- The local chapel.