Saint-Loup, Charente-Maritime
Encyclopedia
Saint-Loup is a commune
in the Charente-Maritime
department in the Poitou-Charentes
region
in southwestern France
.
and finally into the Charente River
. Most of the area is devoted to cereal and other crops including corn
, etc. Other products include cattle
and wine.
During the end of August, it organizes a randomly semi-noctural open and permits of the discovery of roads and passages of the commune. Its gastronmy serves grilled ham
.
The commune has a bird migration along with the hibernal ones including ducks and waders.
of 1789. Its inhabitants rallied and engaged against the nobles of the village. It was renamed Epinay-Sans-Culotte (see sans-culotte). The extension Saintonge marked the beginning of the commune to the north of Saintonge
by the Aunis
frontiers by Santiago de Compostela
for one example.
Remarkably hostile and mysterious, the swamplands were drained and farmlands expanded during the reign of Louis XIV. Its production are livestock including cows, beans and corn. Its seasons are from October/December to February/April.
Its inhabitants live for a long time in the wine production along with nuts. The village was affected by phylloxera
in the 1860s. It marked the period by the agricultural exploitation in the marshlands and pasture.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in the Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
It became a commune in 1642 and comprises 21 hamlets. The area of Saint-Loup are marshy. The village lies on the Bibot which empties into the Soie and the Trézence. The Trézence empties into the BoutonneBoutonne
The Boutonne is a long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime départements, western France. Its source is in the village of Chef-Boutonne . It flows generally southwest...
and finally into the Charente River
Charente River
The Charente is a 381 km long river in southwestern France.Its source is in the Haute-Vienne département at Chéronnac, a small village near Rochechouart. It flows through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime...
. Most of the area is devoted to cereal and other crops including corn
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
, etc. Other products include cattle
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
and wine.
Life of the commune
Its football (soccer) club was founded in 1936 by the name AS Trézence.During the end of August, it organizes a randomly semi-noctural open and permits of the discovery of roads and passages of the commune. Its gastronmy serves grilled ham
Ham
Ham is a cut of meat from the thigh of the hind leg of certain animals, especiallypigs. Nearly all hams sold today are fully cooked or cured.-Etymology:...
.
The commune has a bird migration along with the hibernal ones including ducks and waders.
History
The commune participated in the French RevolutionFrench Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
of 1789. Its inhabitants rallied and engaged against the nobles of the village. It was renamed Epinay-Sans-Culotte (see sans-culotte). The extension Saintonge marked the beginning of the commune to the north of Saintonge
Saintonge
Saintonge is a small region on the Atlantic coast of France within the département Charente-Maritime, west and south of Charente in the administrative region of Poitou-Charentes....
by the Aunis
Aunis
Aunis is a historical province of France, situated in the north-west of the department of Charente-Maritime. Its historic capital is La Rochelle, which took over from Castrum Allionis the historic capital which gives its name to the province....
frontiers by Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...
for one example.
Remarkably hostile and mysterious, the swamplands were drained and farmlands expanded during the reign of Louis XIV. Its production are livestock including cows, beans and corn. Its seasons are from October/December to February/April.
Its inhabitants live for a long time in the wine production along with nuts. The village was affected by phylloxera
Phylloxera
Grape phylloxera ; originally described in France as Phylloxera vastatrix; equated to the previously described Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Phylloxera vitifoliae; commonly just called phylloxera is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America...
in the 1860s. It marked the period by the agricultural exploitation in the marshlands and pasture.