Nieuil

Nieuil is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Nieuil
Commune
Town hall
Location of Nieuil
Nieuil Nieuil
Coordinates: 45°52′47″N 0°30′08″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Intercommunality	Charente Limousine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Sellier
Area ^1	23.90 km^2 (9.23 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	932
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16245 /16270
Elevation	128–218 m (420–715 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Novioialos was a Gaulish site established next to a pagan fountain, and was Christianized under the patronage of Saint-Vivien.

In the eleventh century, the area and the Church belonged to the Viscounts of Rochechouart that created the benedictine Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Uzerche, the forest was then cleared by the monks of the Priory of Sainte Marie-Madeleine de I'Espinassouze.

All that remains is the apse of the Church, a wall of the chapel of I' Espinassouze and the foundations of the mill.

The Châtellenie of Nieuil passed successively through the noble families Raja, Jaubert, Green Saint, - Marsault – (builders of the first castle) and Perry Fief of the barony of Champagne Mouton, it remained an enclave of Poitou until the French Revolution.

In the sixteenth century a discovery of iron ore in the forest led to the creation of a forge. The owner, Louis Lavergne Champlaurier was guillotined in 1794, with his wife Victoire.

Nearby towns

Saint-Claud 3.2 km
Suaux 3.3 km
Roumazières-Loubert 6.5 km
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 7.2 km

Transport

Rail

Nieuil no longer has a railway connection and the closest stations are:

Roumazières-Loubert Railway Station (6 km)

Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Railway Station (7 km)

Air

The closest airport to Nieuil is Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport (27 km) however it doesn't have scheduled flights since the airport and its local authority consortium pulled out of a contract with the Ryanair in 2010. Slightly further afield is Limoges Airport which runs daily flights as below

Airlines	Destinations
Air France operated by Airlinair	Lyon
Flybe	Southampton
Ryanair	East Midlands, Liverpool, London-Stansted Seasonal: Bristol, Leeds/Bradford
Twin Jet	Marseille, Nice, Paris-Orly

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,165 —     1800 1,085 −6.9% 1806 1,196 +10.2% 1821 1,359 +13.6% 1831 1,412 +3.9% 1841 1,564 +10.8% 1846 1,612 +3.1% 1851 1,570 −2.6% 1856 1,492 −5.0% 1861 1,389 −6.9% 1866 1,337 −3.7% 1872 1,219 −8.8% 1876 1,278 +4.8% 1881 1,293 +1.2% 1886 1,437 +11.1% 1891 1,415 −1.5% 1896 1,363 −3.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,348 −1.1% 1906 1,451 +7.6% 1911 1,435 −1.1% 1921 1,187 −17.3% 1926 1,132 −4.6% 1931 989 −12.6% 1936 1,027 +3.8% 1946 947 −7.8% 1954 918 −3.1% 1962 1,043 +13.6% 1968 1,021 −2.1% 1975 941 −7.8% 1982 931 −1.1% 1990 954 +2.5% 1999 907 −4.9% 2008 937 +3.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.