Nieuil

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Nieuil
Town hall
Nieuil
Coordinates: 45°52′47″N 0°30′08″E / 45.8797°N 0.5022°E / 45.8797; 0.5022Coordinates: 45°52′47″N 0°30′08″E / 45.8797°N 0.5022°E / 45.8797; 0.5022
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Saint-Claud
Intercommunality Haute-Charente
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gérard Grolleau
Area
  Land1 23.90 km2 (9.23 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 937
  Population2 Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16245 / 16270
Elevation 128–218 m (420–715 ft)
(avg. 190 m or 620 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Nieuil is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

History

Novioialos was a Gaulish site established next to a pagan fountain, and was Christianized under the patronage of Saint-Vivien.

In the eleventh century, the area and the Church belonged to the Viscounts of Rochechouart that created the benedictine Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Uzerche, the forest was then cleared by the monks of the Priory of Sainte Marie-Madeleine de I'Espinassouze.

All that remains is the apse of the Church, a wall of the chapel of I' Espinassouze and the foundations of the mill.

The Châtellenie of Nieuil passed successively through the noble families Raja, Jaubert, Green Saint, - Marsault – (builders of the first castle) and Perry Fief of the barony of Champagne Mouton, it remained an enclave of Poitou until the French Revolution.

In the 16th century a discovery of iron ore in the forest led to the creation of a forge. The owner, Louis Lavergne Champlaurier was guillotined in 1794, with his wife Victoire.

Nearby towns

Saint-Claud 3.2 km
Suaux 3.3 km
Roumazières-Loubert 6.5 km
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 7.2 km

Transport

The closest airport to Nieuil is Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport (27 km) however it doesn't have scheduled flights since the airport and its local authority consortium pulled out of a contract with the Ryanair in 2010. Slightly further afield is Limoges Airport which runs daily flights as below

Airlines Destinations
Air France
operated by Airlinair
Lyon
FlybeSouthampton
RyanairEast Midlands, Liverpool, London-Stansted
Seasonal: Bristol, Leeds/Bradford
Twin JetMarseille, Nice, Paris-Orly

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1793 1,165    
1800 1,085−6.9%
1806 1,196+10.2%
1821 1,359+13.6%
1831 1,412+3.9%
1841 1,564+10.8%
1846 1,612+3.1%
1851 1,570−2.6%
1856 1,492−5.0%
1861 1,389−6.9%
1866 1,337−3.7%
1872 1,219−8.8%
1876 1,278+4.8%
1881 1,293+1.2%
1886 1,437+11.1%
1891 1,415−1.5%
1896 1,363−3.7%
1901 1,348−1.1%
1906 1,451+7.6%
1911 1,435−1.1%
1921 1,187−17.3%
1926 1,132−4.6%
1931 989−12.6%
1936 1,027+3.8%
1946 947−7.8%
1954 918−3.1%
1962 1,043+13.6%
1968 1,021−2.1%
1975 941−7.8%
1982 931−1.1%
1990 954+2.5%
1999 907−4.9%
2008 937+3.3%

See also

References

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