Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière

Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière ( Occitan Sent Pardol la Ribiera ) is a commune with 1199 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the north of the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It belongs to the district Nontron and the canton of Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière. It also forms part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.

Etymology

The Occitan Sent Pardol is derived from the Holy Pardulphus ( Sanctus Pardulphus ), la Ribiera means the river Dronne is meant here.

Geography

Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière is surrounded by the following municipalities:

• Champs -Romain in the north.
• Saint -Saud in the Northeast.
• Milhac -de- Nontron in the southeast.
• Saint-Front- la -Rivière in the south.
• Sceau - Saint-Angel in the West.
• Nontron in the northwest.
• Savignac -de- Nontron in the northwest (only one point of contact ).

To the municipality of Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière next to the town center include the following hamlets and farmhouses:

Beaumont, Bon Ombre, Borde Soule, Bos - BRULAT, Brande, Brin, Chaumeille, Chez Bathe, Chez Boissard, Chez Boutard, Chez Neymard, Jamaye, La Briderie, La Dorie, La Font du Prince, La Grange, La Nanotte, La Plassade, Langlade, Lapeyronnie, Le Buisson, Le Châtenet, Le Clos, Le Couvent, Le Maine, Le Mandereau, Le Queyroi, Le Petit Villars, Les Batisses, Les Combes, Les Granges, Les Rebières, Les Roches, Lescure, Maliba, Négrecombe, Neuil, Noujarède, Puy d' Arnac and Puypelat.

The municipality of Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière is traversed in approximately the center of the Dronne. It initially flows in a narrow gorge-like valley to the southwest and at the same time forms the northern border of Champs- Romain, but then turns to South Course. Shortly before reaching the village the valley widens. Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière was built at a ford over the River Dronne.

A right tributary of the River Dronne is the Ruisseau de Lachenaud. Being directed to the southeast run flows into the River Dronne in the north of the municipal territory. He is also a border river to the Champs -Romain. In the village the Dronne then takes a left tributary, the Ruisseau de Chantres who comes to meet her from the east.

The topographically lowest point of the municipality is located 132 meters above the sea on the Dronne at Jamaye in the south, the highest point at 332 meters at Bos - BRULAT in the extreme northeast corner.

Geology

The municipality of Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière is bisected by two intersecting fault systems (N 065 and N 160). North and east of this fault system are at basement rocks of the north-western Massif Central, in the southern gusset sediments of the northern Aquitaine basin. The metamorphic basement rocks has been singled out on the basis of these boundary noise compared to the sedimentary cover.

Oldest basement unit are mica-schists of mica slate Parautochthonen unit; they are in the eastern part of the township at ( at Chantres and Le Châtenet ). In they came during the Upper Carboniferous of Saint -Mathieu- leucogranite ( here in its Saint- Saud- facies ) a. The leucogranite is digested in the upper Dronnetal. North of the 065 N - trending main fault, are plagioclase - leading paragneiss. They are sporadically interspersed with smaller Granodioritkörpern of Piégut -Pluviers - granodiorite and of Ordovician Leptyniten.

The flat-lying sediments at the center consist of Lias and Dogger calcareous. The near disorders partially silicified Lias is from Hettangian ( sandstones, coarse sandstones and conglomerates), Sinemurian ( Oolithkalke, partly dolomitic ) constructed and Toarcian ( mudstones and gray marl ). These clays were previously utilized by a now disused brickyard. The Dogger is composed of cryptocrystalline limestones, limestones and bioklastischen Oolithkalken of Oberbajocs and Bathoniums. Along the main fault, so-called Sidérolithique ( ferruginous, red, clayey sands) and solidified, konglomeratisches alluvium has been preserved. Both formations are likely to date from the Eocene. All these sedimentary formations are in places covered by colluvial gravels of the Pleistocene. In Dronnetal gravel terraces can be seen from the Mindel and Würm glaciation. Occasional Kalkhangschutt is also from the last ice age.

Worth mentioning are occurrences of slightly silver -containing galena in the paragneisses and barite predominantly in the Lias. Also tourmaline may occasionally occur in the paragneiss. Manganese ( manganese dioxide ) was also reduced ( at Le Mandereau ) with nontronite was discovered. The pre- exaggerated in the paragneiss Neuil Mine contains galena and barite also chalcopyrite, gypsum, marcasite, pyrite, pyromorphite and sphalerite.

History

In Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière was from the 13th century to the French Revolution a monastery. From him, unfortunately, only very scanty remains have been preserved since the majority of the buildings for the construction of the village was looted. The church dates from the 17th century and 18th century, it was thoroughly renovated in the 19th century, including the bell tower was completely rebuilt. The Château de Vaugoubert Dronne is to be assigned the same period. From an even older castle Only a round tower can be seen.

Demographics

Source: INSEE

The population of Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière has steadily decreased until 1999, but since then seems to have something to recover.

Mayor

Mayor of Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière is since 2001, the non-party retiree Maurice Combeau.

Attractions

• The church of Saint -Pardoux- la -Rivière with beautiful sundial.
• The Post Card Museum. It houses a collection of old postcards of Perigord from the years 1898 to 1920.

Economy

Transport links

The center of Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière crosses in west-east direction, the D 707 of Nontron after Thiviers. From the north, the D 83 of Saint- Saud- Lacoussière and Champs -Romain comes; then it follows the left Dronneufer south towards Brantome. The D 83 E1 leaves the village to the northeast; it allows a connection to the D 82 of Mialet to Villars. The D 83 E2 eventually leads to North Northwest to D 85 of Nontron after Châlus.

Saint- Pardoux- la -Rivière, once had a railway station on the now disused railway line Nontron - Thiviers. The route is now a popular walking and cycle path.