La Gonterie-Boulouneix
La Gonterie-Boulouneix | |
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Part of Brantôme en Périgord | |
Brantôme | |
Commune | Brantôme en Périgord |
Area 1 | 11.79 km2 (4.55 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 254 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 24310 |
Elevation | 105–202 m (344–663 ft) (avg. 194 m or 636 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Gonterie-Boulouneix (French pronunciation: [la ɡɔ̃tʁi bulunɛ]; Occitan: La Gontariá e Bolonés) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Brantôme en Périgord.[2]
Etymology
The commune is an amalgamation of the once independent communes La Gonterie and Boulouneix. La Gonterie refers to Gontier, a well-known patronym in the area. Boulouneix is derived from the
Geography
The modern commune of La Gonterie-Boulouneix consists of the three historic communes Belaygue, Boulouneix and La Gonterie associated with hamlets and isolated dwellings like Champat, Champébre, Champtonie, Chazeau, Chez Jaumelet, Garelias, L'Étang, La Chataignade, La Combardie, La Nègrerie, La Plagne, La Suchonie, La Sudrie or Les Sudries, La Tabaterie, Landrivie, Le(s) Bernard(s), Le Clos du Pont, Le Couderc or Le Coudert, Le Haut-Palange, Le Maine, Leforesterie, Les Boutétias, Les Marquisats, Maison-neuve, Malet, Moulin de la Faye and Palange.
The commune's area is traversed in a NE-SW direction by the Boulou and its left tributary Le Belaygue. Several times the Boulou traces the northwestern boundary of the commune. The Belaygue enters the commune's territory from the northeast, flows past the villages of Belaygue and Boulouneix and merges in the far southwest with the Boulou.
La Gonterie-Boulouneix is surrounded by the following communes:
- Saint-Félix-de-Bourdeilles in the north.
- Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont in the northeast.
- Brantôme in the east and the southeast.
- Saint-Julien-de-Bourdeilles in the south.
- Paussac-et-Saint-Vivien in the southwest.
- Leguillac-de-Cerclesin the west and the northwest.
The village of La Gonterie is situated 5 kilometers northwest of Brantôme and 17 kilometers south-southwest of Nontron.
No major through road crosses the commune's territory. The communal road C 1 connects La Gonterie to the D 939, a major trunk road from Périgueux to Angoulême about two kilometers farther to the northeast.
Orographically the commune's lowest point is situated at the confluence of the Belaygue and the Boulou 105 meters above sea level. The highest elevation reaches 202 meters near Champat in the northeast.
The commune borders the Parc naturel régional Périgord Limousin.
Geology
The communal territory is mainly underlain by flat-lying
History
The presence of
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1806 | 564 | — |
1821 | 570 | +1.1% |
1831 | 618 | +8.4% |
1836 | 653 | +5.7% |
1841 | 651 | −0.3% |
1846 | 656 | +0.8% |
1851 | 680 | +3.7% |
1856 | 673 | −1.0% |
1861 | 661 | −1.8% |
1866 | 608 | −8.0% |
1872 | 594 | −2.3% |
1876 | 600 | +1.0% |
1881 | 569 | −5.2% |
1886 | 527 | −7.4% |
1891 | 541 | +2.7% |
1896 | 502 | −7.2% |
1901 | 477 | −5.0% |
1906 | 510 | +6.9% |
1911 | 508 | −0.4% |
1921 | 406 | −20.1% |
1926 | 375 | −7.6% |
1931 | 359 | −4.3% |
1936 | 331 | −7.8% |
1946 | 300 | −9.4% |
1954 | 259 | −13.7% |
1962 | 220 | −15.1% |
1968 | 222 | +0.9% |
1975 | 214 | −3.6% |
1982 | 237 | +10.7% |
1990 | 195 | −17.7% |
1999 | 228 | +16.9% |
2008 | 236 | +3.5% |
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 31 October 2018, p. 14 (in French)