Soudat
Soudat ( Occitan Sodac ) is a commune with 85 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It belongs to the district Nontron and Canton Bussière- Badil. She is also part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.
Geography
Soudat located in the Périgord Vert, eight kilometers south-east of Montbron (Charente) and four kilometers (direct distance ) south-west of Bussière- Badil.
Soudat is according to the number of inhabitants and the smallest by area the second smallest municipality in the canton Bussière- Badil. It is border village of Charente.
Soudat is surrounded by the following municipalities:
- Eymouthiers (Charente ) in the north
- Bussière- Badil in the north- east and east
- Étouars in the southeast (only one point of contact )
- Teyjat in the south
- Varaignes in the West
The municipal area of Soudat include the following hamlets and farmhouses: Chez Tendeau, La Basse Cote, La Chapelotte, La Grelière, La Guillaumie, Langlardie, Les Bories, Les Brousses, Les chaumes, Pellegrenier and Vermont.
The area around Pellegrenier forms an enclave in the town of Bussière- Badil.
The southern boundary of the municipal area is made of crochet, a right tributary of the Bandiat. The Crochet drained to the southwest; the hamlet of La Grelière he takes on a right side arm, the Ruisseau le Pontet. Its headwaters before the confluence with the Pontet is called Ruisseau de l' Etang d' Assat.
The topographically lowest point of the municipality is located 134 meters above the sea at Crochet in the extreme southwest. The highest point at 266 meters above the sea at Langlardie on the eastern border.
Transport links
On the northern edge of the township, the D 6 passes (which then passes into the D 91) of Montbron after Piégut -Pluviers. The further south located center of Soudat can be of the D 6 from a local road to reach ( branch near the hamlet of Les Justices ); this then leads on to Varaignes. From Les Justices of the D 90 crosses the northwestern municipality towards Varaignes.
Geology
The Ruisseau de l' Etang d' Assat and the Ruisseau le Pontet have cut into the Variscan basement of the north-western Massif Central, which here of migmatitic paragneisses ( Metatexiten ) is represented. Downstream transgredieren Liassedimente ( sandstones, arkoses and dolomites of the Hettangiums, breccias and sandstones of the Pliensbachiums, and gray-blue mudstones and dolomites of the Toarciums ). About the Lias follow in the west of the township recrystallized limestones of the Dogger. These are the hamlet of Les Bories of gray Oolithkalken superimposed ( with brown ooids ) of the Middle Bathoniums. The ridge on the northern edge of the municipality consists of the tertiary alluvium ( sands, gravels, gravel and clays ) of a former river course. The back at Langlardie forms a side branch of the same river system. The slopes located further downstream are composed of colluvium that covers partly the basement, partly the sediments; is here to rearrangements of the tertiary alluvium.
History
The oldest structure in Soudat is the Romanesque church whose former style is based on later conversion work, however, no longer visible.
Demographics
Source: INSEE
The population figures Soudats are generally declining, until 1999, a slight trend to recognize.
Mayor
Mayor of Soudat since 2001, the non-party farmer Jean -Claude Rathier.
Attractions
- The Church of Soudat.