Ronsenac

Ronsenac is a West commune with 589 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Charente in the Poitou -Charentes.

Location

Ronsenac is located about 24 km ( driving distance ) south-east of Angoulême in the border region to the Perigord, close to the river Tude at an altitude of about 100 meters above sea level. inst the cantonal capital, Villebois -Lavalette is located only about three kilometers to the east.

Demographics

By the year 1876, the community had always significantly above 1,000 inhabitants; due to the phylloxera crisis in the wine and the mechanization of agriculture, the population then dropped continuously from the lows of the 1960s and 1970s.

Economy

The residents of the community lived for centuries of agriculture; Although the bottoms of the community belong to the Bons Bois of the vineyard Cognac, but the paragraphs in expensive wine fires in recent decades tended to shrink, so that the wine industry plays any role. Revenue from retail and craft as well as the administration and tourism, especially the rental of apartments ( gîtes ), while since the 1960s to play a not unimportant role in the revenue of the municipal treasury.

History

The partially collapsed, but still impressive megalithic tomb ( dolmen ) Dolmen de chez Vinaigre is about 6000 years old. In ancient times the place where a Roman road was - Chemin BOISNE called - that connected Saintes ( Mediolanum Santonum ) with Périgueux ( Vesunna ). A Gallo- Roman estate (villa rustica) and some Merovingian sarcophagi were discovered on the territory of the municipality.

Attractions

• The founding of a priory and the associated church ( Église Saint Jean -Baptiste ) falls in the period around 1100, when the Bishop of Périgueux Abbot Hugh of Cluny on suitable the parish of the place along with the old church. They soon began building the new Prioratsgebäude and the Church. However, the area remained during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) and the Wars of Religion (1562-1598) on his own and so the bonds redeemed to the parent monastery. In 1684 the priory was handed over to refugee from her homeland English Benedictine monks. During the French Revolution, the Prioratsgebäude as national ( Bien national) were sold; However, they remained largely intact and have been used for decades as a shed. The nunmehrige parish church was rebuilt in the late 19th century in large parts. Prioratsgebäude and church are recognized as Monuments historiques since 1993 and 2009 respectively.

Exam tract

Monk portal

• The Logis de Bernac is located outside the village property with an associated water mill. Some late medieval parts of the building have been preserved - including a round tower.