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Espinasse
Location of Espinasse
Map
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementArrondissement of Riom
CantonCanton of Saint-Éloy-les-Mines
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Cœur de Combrailles
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Marc Gidel
Area
1
23.95 km2 (9.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
294
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
63152 /63390
Elevation598–774 m (1,962–2,539 ft)
(avg. 680 m or 2,230 ft)
Websiteespinasse63.e-monsite.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Espinasse is a French commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Small farming village in the Pays of Combrailles, in the canton of Saint-Éloy-les-Mines, the village is nestled in a hollow, about nine kilometers west of the town of Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Espinassois or Espinassoises.[1]

During the Middle Ages and the Early modern period, the region of Combrailles was of paramount importance at territorial level because it was located at the crossroads of several lordships (Bourbonnais, Auvergne and Limousin). Therefore, the town of Espinasse suffered this proximity and was divided into fiefs belonging among others to the House of Le Loup, the House of Montmorency and the House of La Fayette.

Geography

Espinasse is located some 30 km west of Combronde and 23 km north-west of Bromont-Lamothe. Access to the commune is by the D 13 from Charensat in the south-west which passes through the commune and the village before continuing north to Pionsat. The D 62 comes from Saint-Priest-des-Champs in the south-east. The D 18 comes from Saint-Julien-la-Geneste in the north-east. The D 528 comes from Bussières in the north-west. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Administration

Espinasse Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors since 1800[4]

From To Name Party Position
1800 1808 Gilbert Gory
1808 1813 Annet Lecuyer
1813 1815 Jean-Joseph Boutarel
1815 1816 Paul Sanne
1816 1818 Amable Nouhen
1819 1830 Charles Marien Baron
1830 1840 Claude Fribaud
1840 1849 Charles Marien Baron
1849 1875 Frédéric Gory
1875 1877 Marien Martin
1877 1885 Jean Chabry
1885 1889 Marien Lecuyer
1889 1893 François Carton
1893 1895 Gilbert Martin
1895 1904 Etienne Gory
1904 1912 Annet Charvillat
1912 1944 Eugène Charvillat
1944 1959 Michel Carte
1959 1975 Roger Laroche
1975 2005 François Gardet
2005 2020 Marc Gidel

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 308 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

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Population of Espinasse

Culture and heritage

Cultural events and festivities

The Hay Fest (La Fête des Foins in French) is the main festival in the village since 1998. It takes place in July.

Tourist monuments and places

  • The Church of St. Martin, very old, is partly Romanesque but was changed to the 2nd Gothic era. A statuary element painted white stone shows St. Margaret of Antioch slaying the dragon. It dates from the fifteenth century. Saint Martin is the patron of the parish but is also under the protection of Saint Gal, second patron.
  • The local school, completed in 1900, was also a town hall. The building was called Mairie-École at the time.
  • The Résistance site at Cacherat - Camp Gabriel Peri - which received on 23 October 1943, one of the two groups of escapees from the prison of Le Puy-en-Velay.
  • The Château of Pierrebrune, dating from the thirteenth century, rebuilt to modern, was the residence of the lords of Espinasse. In June 1440 during the Praguerie, King Charles VII, who came from Auzances and went to Montaigut-en-Combraille, passed through Pierrebrune.
  • The War Memorial in front of the church.
  • The local school
    The local school
  • The Resistance site at Cacherat
    The Resistance site at Cacherat
  • The War Memorial
    The War Memorial
  • The Church of St. Martin
    The Church of St. Martin

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. ^ Inhabitants of Puy-de-Dôme Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ Google Maps
  3. ^ Géoportail, IGN Template:Fr icon
  4. ^ List of Mayors of Espinasse Template:Fr icon
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