Espinasse, Puy-de-Dôme

Espinasse is a 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.[2]

Espinasse
Commune
The church in Espinasse
Location of Espinasse
Espinasse
Espinasse
Coordinates: 46°02′19″N 2°42′43″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementRiom
CantonSaint-Éloy-les-Mines
IntercommunalityCC Pays de Saint-Éloy
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Marc Gidel
Area
1
23.95 km2 (9.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
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)
Websitewww.espinasse63.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[4]

Administration
Espinasse Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors since 1800[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
18001808Gilbert Gory
18081813Annet Lecuyer
18131815Jean-Joseph Boutarel
18151816Paul Sanne
18161818Amable Nouhen
18191830Charles Marien Baron
18301840Claude Fribaud
18401849Charles Marien Baron
18491875Frédéric Gory
18751877Marien Martin
18771885Jean Chabry
18851889Marien Lecuyer
18891893François Carton
18931895Gilbert Martin
18951904Etienne Gory
19041912Annet Charvillat
19121944Eugène Charvillat
19441959Michel Carte
19591975Roger Laroche
19752005François Gardet
20052020Marc 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]

Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
837 823 735 1,021 1,025 1,018 1,124 1,200 1,182
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
1,152 1,156 1,082 1,082 1,117 1,139 1,191 1,220 1,105
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
1,157 1,024 974 952 903 771 739 633 593
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2013
543 507 411 355 274 285 320 308 294
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 Resistance site at Cacherat
  • The War Memorial
  • 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. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Puy-de-Dôme (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of Espinasse (in French)
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