La Chapelle-Faucher

La Chapelle-Faucher
Château de La Chapelle-Faucher Château de La Chapelle-Faucher
La Chapelle-Faucher
Location within Aquitaine region La Chapelle-Faucher
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Champagnac-de-Belair
Intercommunality	Pays de Champagnac-en-Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Mazière
Area1	18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	381
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24107 / 24530
Elevation	114–213 m (374–699 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 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.

La Chapelle-Faucher is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

This small but quaint rural French village has a Romanesque-style church, Notre Dame de l'Assomption built in the 12th century, a rambling ancient chateau overlooking the Cole River built in the 13th century (some of which has been restored and used for wedding receptions and other events), a kindergarten and a town hall. La Chapelle-Faucher is set above the river Côle, a tributary of the Dronne river which runs through the nearby town of Brantôme.

History

In the 14th century the entire town was burnt to the ground during the Hundred Years' War. The village was gradually rebuilt, but religion's powerful hand frequented the village. On 2 July 1569, Protestants led by Gaspard de Coligny, rounded up 260 Catholic peasants (men, women and children), put into the chateau and brutally killed one by one during the wars of religion. The local priest pleaded that they be saved but to no avail. According to the local chronicler of these wars at the time, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur (and abbé) de Brantôme, the killings began at 9am and finished around 2pm. Some residents say you can hear the voices of distressed peasants in the darkness of the night...

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1831	900	—
1836	923	+2.6%
1841	861	−6.7%
1846	882	+2.4%
1851	877	−0.6%
1856	901	+2.7%
1861	919	+2.0%
1866	921	+0.2%
1872	882	−4.2%
1876	869	−1.5%
1881	861	−0.9%
1886	881	+2.3%
1891	851	−3.4%
1896	852	+0.1%
1901	733	−14.0%
1906	725	−1.1%
1911	701	−3.3%
1921	553	−21.1%
1926	622	+12.5%
1931	603	−3.1%
1936	580	−3.8%
1946	517	−10.9%
1954	493	−4.6%
1962	464	−5.9%
1968	477	+2.8%
1975	478	+0.2%
1982	445	−6.9%
1990	398	−10.6%
1999	400	+0.5%
2008	381	−4.7%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE