Theme Week Dordogne – Saint-Astier
Tuesday, 21 July 2020 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Saint-Astier on Isle River © Père Igor/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Saint-Astier is a small town and a
French municipality with 5,500 inhabitants in the
Dordogne department in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . The municipality consists of the main town as well as a few
hamlets (
hameaux ) and individual farmsteads (
fermes ). The continued population growth of the small town is largely due to immigration from the surrounding rural areas as a result of the increasing
mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of smallholder farms.
The city of Saint-Astier lies on the west bank of the Isle in the cultural landscape of the Périgord at a height of approx. 75 m above sea level. The city of Périgueux is about 20 km (route) northwest; the small town of Ribérac is approx. 25 km southeast. The A89 autoroute from Bordeaux to Brive-la-Gaillarde runs through the municipality. The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 860 mm/year) falls throughout the year.
Charteuse (a special kind of manor house in south-west France) de Fareyrou © Père Igor/cc-by-sa-3.0
The inhabitants of the community lived for centuries from agriculture and forestry (grain cultivation, charcoal); Fruit and vegetables were grown in the own gardens or offered on the market. The lime-rich subsoil has been the basis for a nationwide important building material industry (
building lime ,
stucco and
gypsum ) since the 19th century. The city has several health and education facilities.
The verifiable history of the area goes back to the
Stone Age .
Gallo-Roman finds were also made; the name of the city goes back to a 6th century saint named
Asterius . In 849 the place was attacked by the
Normans . In the 10th and 11th centuries, the first known churches of the place were created. The place was fortified in 1219.
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