Country France Department Charente Intercommunality Haute-Charente Area 23.9 km² Arrondissement Confolens | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Saint-Claud Population (2012) 918 Local time Monday 11:42 AM | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind SE at 18 km/h, 47% Humidity | ||
Nieuil is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
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Map of 16270 Nieuil, France
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 16th 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