Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont

Saint- Crépin- de -Richemont ( Occitan Sent Crespin de Richemont ) is a commune with 202 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the north of the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It is integrated in the regional natural park Périgord- Limousin.

Etymology

The name of the village is actually a double-barreled name composed of the place name Saint- Crépin and the mansion Richemont. Saint Crépin or Sent Crespin is derived from the Holy Crispin; Richemont or riche mont refers to the strategically dominant position of the ridge to the south above the village.

Geography

The town of Saint- Crépin- de -Richemont is located about seven kilometers north- west of Brantome and 13 km south-southwest of Nontron.

The parish includes the hamlets or isolated farms Beleyme, Canteix, Champagne, land of opportunity, chez Froment, Francillou, Grange- Haute, La Barde, La Clède, La Forge, La Grèze, La Riboutie, Le Caprice, Le Meyrat, Le Moulin, Le Moulin de la Forge, Le Plessac, Les Ages, Les Baléares, Les Borderies, Les Brageaux, Les Brandes, Les Fregeas, Limeuil, Petit Berger, Pontarnaud, Puylibeau, Puyssegné and Rousselières.

The municipal area is centrally traversed roughly from Boulou, a right tributary of the River Dronne. The valley runs in a northeast-southwest direction.

The village is crossed by the coming over of Quinsac D 98, which connects it to the 1.5 kilometers to the south-west running D 939 from Brantome to Angoulême, the main artery from Perigueux to Angouleme. At the eastern boundary of the municipality runs the D 675 of Nontron according to Brantome. The north-western boundary is formed by the D 84, a cross-connection of Nontron after Verteillac.

Saint- Crépin- de -Richemont is surrounded by the following municipalities:

  • Saint-Front- sur- Nizonne in the North
  • La Chapelle- Montmoreau in the Northeast
  • Saint- Pancrace in the East
  • Cantillac in the southeast
  • Brantome in the south
  • La Gonterie - Boulouneix in the southwest
  • Saint- Félix -de- Bourdeilles and Monsec in the West
  • Champeaux -et -la- Chapelle- Pommier in the northwest

The orographic lowest point of the municipality is 120 meters above sea level located at the Moulin de la Forge on Boulou on the southwestern edge, the highest point at 246 meters at Puyssegné in the Northeast.

Geology

The municipality of Saint- Crépin- de -Richemont is underlain by sediments of the Upper Cretaceous, which are digested in the lower altitudes along the Boulou. The two ridges in the northwest and in the southeast consist of Tertiary alluvial fans. The flat-lying Upper Cretaceous sediments begin in the northeast with the Coniacian followed by the lower and upper Santonian to the southwest. A special feature is a N 110 to N 120 striking fault (fault of Mareuil ), which approximately follows the curve of the D 939. It is a steeply dipping, incident to the south deferment, along which an offset of about 100 meters took place, so that now there are rocks of the lowest Coniaciums next to rocks of the Santoniums. This disorder is the continuation of to the northwest located Antiklinals of Mareuil. The two tertiary alluvial fans are fluvial origin, they consist of sandstones and conglomerates with quartz and silicified Arkosegeröllen. You are ablation products of the Massif Central, and up to 70 meters are powerful. Your bed was made towards tions southwest. Your age is classified as Eocene or lowermost Oligocene. The hard conglomeratic layers were once popular as a source of millstones.

History

The historical traces can be in the community traced back to the megalithic age, so for example, is far from Champ Redon a menhir. The millstone production from the Lower Tertiary alluvial fans was then already under the Romans in the 1st century, and came only in the second half of the 18th century to a halt. The church of Saint -Crépin -de -Richemont is late Romanesque. As of 1564 was started by Pierre de Bourdeille with the construction of the Château de Richemont.

Demographics

Source: INSEE

Population growth is generally declining, a trend reversal seems to be emerging.

Attractions

  • Château de la Barde, Castle and Castle-farm from the 15th century
  • Enrolled Château de Richemont, castle of the 16th century since 1927 as a monument historique
  • Château de Saint- Crépin, castle dating from the 19th century
  • The late Romanesque church of Saint -Crépin and Saint Crépinien
  • Menhir of Champ Redon
  • The late Romanesque church of Saint- Crépin
  • Old house next to the church
  • Castle of Saint- Crépin
  • Castle La Barde
  • The west wing of the Château de Richemont
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Nontron Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne Saint-Pancrace (Dordogne) Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier Massif Central (geology) Romanesque art Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme Augignac Chalais (Dordogne) Champagnac-de-Belair Champniers-et-Reilhac Champs-Romain Condat-sur-Trincou Lanouaille Le Bourdeix Lempzours Les Graulges Mialet (Dordogne) Milhac-de-Nontron Nanthiat Payzac (Dordogne) Rudeau-Ladosse Saint-Jory-de-Chalais Saint-Martial-de-Valette Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas Saint-Martin-le-Pin Saint-Paul-la-Roche Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil Savignac-de-Nontron Sceau-Saint-Angel Thiviers Varaignes Villars (Dordogne)
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