Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac

Saint- Sulpice -de- Cognac is a southwestern French village with 627 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Charente in the south of Poitou -Charentes region.

Location

The existing out of the place as well as several hamlets and farmsteads municipality of Saint -Sulpice -de- Cognac is located about 10 km ( driving distance ) north- west of the town of Cognac at an altitude of about 17 meters above sea level. inst. , the neighboring community Cherves -Richemont is only about 4-6 kilometers to the southeast.

Demographics

In the first census in France in 1793, the city had 1,500 inhabitants; Middle of the 19th century, the population temporarily increased to nearly 2,000 in order after the phylloxera crisis (approx. 1865-1885 ), with a marked decline in the population had in almost all wine-growing regions of France result to go back to about 1500.

Economy

The agriculture and especially the wine played in the villages of the Charente always been an important role. While cereals, vegetables and oilseeds (sunflower ) were mainly cultivated for its own needs, you could earn with the wine (and later brandy ) export to England, Scotland and other northern European countries good money, however with the winemakers lower with the had to settle for some of the credit. Today, the north bank of the Charente at Saint- Sulpice belongs to the position of Borderies within the large -growing region of Cognac wines. A cooperage ( tonnelerie ) at the place specializes in the work-up of old barrels.

History

At the hamlet Chaudrolles Celtic graves were discovered. In ancient times the city was situated on the Roman road from Saintes ( Mediolanum Santonum ) to Lyon ( Lugdunum ); at Chaudrolles was a quarry. In 1072 the original church on the present building was connected as a priory of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint -Léger Ébreuil.

Attractions

  • The Romanesque parish church of Saint- Sulpice dates from the 11th century; but it was fundamentally renewed in the 12th century. It is dedicated to St. Sulpicius, a former Bishop of Bourges from the 7th century. The single-nave church with its two transept arms in the shape of a Latin cross in plan. The central apse was built over the outside later by a bell tower; the smaller side apses and the two transept arms are not articulated and to a peripheral console frieze under the eaves completely unadorned. The church is entered in the List of Monuments historiques since 1950.
  • Near the church is a wooden frame ( travail) for tethering and shoeing horses; probably it was also used on market days for the assessment of cattle. The age of the stand is unclear.
  • Several houses and farms in the area are also of historical value and stand on a monument list.
  • South of the town on a bridge over the river antenna is a pyramidal obelisk (pyramid de l' antenna) from the 18th century, the collection site to a Protestant troops after the Battle of Jarnac ( March 13, 1569 ), an important episode in the third Huguenot war, recalls. The unassuming stone monument is recognized as a monument historique since 1965.
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