Sainte-Orse

Sainte-Orse

Post office and town hall
Sainte-Orse

Coordinates: 45°12′16″N 1°04′35″E / 45.2044°N 1.0764°E / 45.2044; 1.0764Coordinates: 45°12′16″N 1°04′35″E / 45.2044°N 1.0764°E / 45.2044; 1.0764
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Thenon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Camille Géraud
Area1 23.54 km2 (9.09 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 375
  Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 24473 / 24210
Elevation 163–292 m (535–958 ft)
(avg. 231 m or 758 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.

Sainte-Orse is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. The church of Saint Ursus (Saint Ours) dates from the 11th-12th century. The castle dates from the 15th-16th century.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962 445    
1968 486+9.2%
1975 460−5.3%
1982 404−12.2%
1990 372−7.9%
1999 358−3.8%
2008 375+4.7%

Village History

The first written reference of the town is the village church, "Sancta Ursa" recorded in the year 1072.[1] The "Cassini map" of France between 1756 and 1789, shows the village under the name of "'Saint Orse"', and during the revolutionary period of the National Convention (1792-1795), the name was "'Orse-le-stony".[2]

Land Marks

A number of Historic buildings are located in the town:

See also

References

  1. Chantal Tanet and Tristan Hordé, "Dictionary of the place names of the Périgord", (Fanlac, 2000), p.381.
  2. Notice Comunale.
  3. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PA00082882 Monuments historiques] entry at French Ministry of Culture.
  4. Monuments historiques ministère français de la Culture.
  5. Guy Penaud, Dictionnaire des châteaux du Périgord (Sud Ouest, 1996) p. 255.

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