Saint-Jean-in Angély

Saint-Jean-with Angély is a common French, located in the department of the Charente-Maritime and the area Poitou-Charentes. Its inhabitants is called the Angériens and the Angériennes .

Geography

Localization

Midsummer's Day d' Angély, at the center of the country of the valleys of Saintonge, is located on the Boutonne, near the highway A10 (to 140 km of Bordeaux and 410 km of Paris).

Localities

Fossemagne, Barns, Moulinvau, Touzetterie.

Communes bordering

Relief

Geology

Hydrography

Climate

General data

Climate of the Charente-Maritime

The Climate of the Charente-Maritime east primarily of moderate type, but because of the influence of the Gulf Stream, from the Anticyclone of the Azores, and the moderating Effect of the sea, the department profits from a oceanic, softer Climat and more heat, called oceanic moderate climate.

This Microclimat allows the area of Saint-Jean-in Angély, however located at a degree of Latitude more in north that Montreal, with the Quebec, or that the islands Kouriles in Russia, to profit from a rate of exceptional Ensoleillement average, near to that of the Riviera, on the Mediterranean. The sunning is best Atlantic littoral there (2250 hours of sun per annum), and the area is the second sunniest area of France. The Hiver S are soft there (four days of Neige per annum), and the Pluviométrie, moderate (755 mm of Pluie per annum), is especially concentrated over the months of Automne and winter.

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Cyclone of December 1999

The Charente-Maritime is the French department which was hard touched by the cyclone Martin of December 27th 1999. The national records of recorded winds were reached with 198 km/h on island of Oléron (to 60 km of Saint-Jean-in Angély) and 194 km/h with Royan (to 53 km). The wood of the commune, especially the poplar plantations along Buttons, as well as many roofs and hangars have sudden extensive damage.

Toponymy

Angély comes from the Gallic Angeriacum , field pertaining to Angerios (name of anybody Gallic).

The legend of the Felix monk tells that Pépin, king d' Aquitaine and grandson of Charlemagne, party to push back the first Vikings, are informed in dream of the return of the Felix monk, carrying the “holy relic”, cranium of Jean-Baptiste saint. Without hesitating, it leaves with its army to its meeting. And the first miracle takes place: about thirty the soldier died to the combat ressuscitent. Pip then decides to found a monastery vis-a-vis its castle. Angeriacum becomes Saint-Jean-with Angély .

History

The site is inhabited as of the Préhistoire. With the Ier front century J. - C., a Gallo-Roman villa, Angeriacum, extends on banks from the Boutonne. This one is then plundered by the Germanic Barbarians and the Bagaudes and a vault and a residence of the dukes of Aquitaine are built on its site.

In 817, Pip I {{er}} of Aquitaine, receives there a Relique which one says being the head of holy Jean-Baptiste. A first Monastère is around founded whose the village developed. Quickly, the power of the founded Abbey in 1010 and the presence of the relic, development by the Benedictines of Cluny, involve the urban development.

Midsummer's Day d' Angély becomes a major stage of the way of Compostelle. To the XIIe century, Aliénor of Aquitaine offers Saintonge as a Dot to her husband Henri Plantagenêt, king of England, and gives communal freedom to the city in 1199, confirmed in 1204 by Philippe-Auguste, king de France.

However, the strengthened city knows many wars and several seats. XIIe with the XIVe century, it was strongly implied in the Franco-English wars and the Guerre One hundred Year old. With the XVIe century, among other destruction brought by wars of religion whose city is in full heart, the city loses its abbey gothic script in 1568. In 1569, the duke of Anjou, victorious of the Protestants with Moncontour, is delayed with the seat of the city by its mercenaries who claim spoils, the royal Treasury not being able to pay them. The admiral de Coligny can thus escape.

It is here that in 1588 Henri Ier prince de Condé was killed by a page with which his Charlotte wife of Trémoille misled it.

As attests it the inscription regravée in 1923 on one of the pier-heads of the bridge on Buttons suburb of Taillebourg " Jacob of Hone, rider, sior of Saint-Hilaire (was) mayor and captain of the town of SAINCT-JEHAN-DANGELY in the year millet six hundred and twelve ".

In 1621, during a new war of religion, the city must go to the king Louis XIII the June 24th. It loses its ramparts, its privileges and until its name (it becomes a few years “Borough-Louis”). The city has been forgiven by Louis XIV and knows for one period of peace. The trade of brandies brings richness and notoriety then to him.

During the revolution the city is renamed Angély-Buttons.

The remaining buildings of the royal Abbey are classified with the world heritage of UNESCO.

Second world war

Heraldic

Administration

Municipality

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Canton

Intercommunality

Budget and taxation

The budget of the city presented in 2007 capital expenditures of an amount of 2.584.700 € distributed in various branches of industry:

Debt 35%
Town planning and environment 32%
Cultural Sport 14%
School and youth 7%
4%

In addition, the operating expenses represented this year 9.161.059 € as follows distributed:

Technical 18%
general Services 16%
School, childhood and youth 15%
Cultural 13%
Self-financing 10%
Sport 7%

The rate of the Taxe of dwelling taken by the commune in 2007 is of 10,93%, the share taken by the community of commune is of 2,46%, that is to say on the whole 13,39% (13,46% in 2006). Withthese rates the shares due to the department and the area are added.

The rates of the Real estate tax on the property built are respectively of 25,30% and 5,50%, are on the whole 30,80%. (30,97% in 2006), and of 49,57% and 11,91%, which on the whole make 61,48% (against 61,84% in 2006) on the undeveloped properties.

The rates of the Professional tax, discharged by the company, amount to 15,31% and 3,82% respectively, are on the whole 19,13%.

Town planning

In 1999, 50,9% of the residents of the commune were owners of their residences (against 63,2% for the department) and 45,5% were tenants (against 31,5%). 13,7% of the inhabitants were placed in HLM.

The city is made up in very great majority of houses (75,8% compared with 80,6% for the department) which are for the majority of the main homes because we are not on the tourist littoral fringe (86,5% compared with 71,8% for the department). The habitat is thus here typical of a small town of the Charente-native back-country, with its old houses (50,2% go back to before 1949), few recent allotments (4,1% built after 1990) and the residences of downtown area of big sizes (64,5% have four parts and more) expressed as a percentage. |barcolor=rgb (0%, 0%, 100%) |Before 1904|0.2|0.7 |1905-1924|10.1|16.8 |1925-1939|17.6|19.8 |1940-1954|17.4|17.2 |1955-1969|18.9|17.2 |1970-1984|19.3|15.7 |1985-1999|16.4|12.7 }}

Economy

The activities of the city and its district (30 000 inhabitants), primarily tertiary, are connected to agroalimentary, the trade of the brandies (Pineau and cognac), of cookies, or of wood and derived, like with mutual insurance companies (MAPA), while developing its tourist activity.

The commune shelters an antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Rochefort and Saintonge.

Unemployment rate on the commune was of 20,4% in 1999, very above the regional rate which was of 11%.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

The principal monuments are the Turns, only built part of abbey of traditional style, some other buildings of the Royal Abbey, the belfry, the Fountain of the Pilori and many half-timbered houses.

Association angérienne of artistic action (A4) proposes all the year of the cultural and artistic events to the general public and can count on 400 subscribers at the year. The spectacles take place in the Aliénor room of Aquitaine. In 2007, the fourth edition of “Theater in the abbey” brought together 1800 spectators.

The “floralias”, exposure floral around arts of the garden, are held each May 1st in the enclosure of the royal abbey and attract 10 to 15000 visitors.

Gastronomy

Two culinary specialities are originating in Saint-Jean-in Angély:

the compostelle travels is a cake with the grapes, the Cognac and almonds easy to transport for the pilgrims of Saint-Jacques-of-Compostelle. Two alternatives for summer have created by the craftsmen pastrycooks: the compostelle chocolate (cookie with almonds, chocolate, cream vanilla and Cognac) and the compostelle frozen (ice chocolate and ice Cognac-grape).
the wood broken , is a very light and friable confectionery which draws its name and its aspect from the poplars of the area.

Equipment or services

Saint-Jean-in Angély has since July 1st, 2001 a connection Internet ADSL high banc.

The commune has a public library located known center of the royal abbey.

A cinema with four rooms is present in downtown area.

Transport

By the road, Saint-Jean-in Angély is not that with three kilometers of exit 34 of the highway A 10 which makes it possible to join Bordeaux (to 140 km), Poitiers (to 100 km) and Paris (to 410 km).

The station the SNCF of Saint-Jean-in Angély is located on the line connecting Niort to Saintes. Correspondences TGV with Niort make it possible to join Paris in approximately three hours.

By the airs, the international airport of Bordeaux-Mérignac is with 140 km and the airport of La Rochelle to 60 km (daily connections with Paris, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand and London).

The aerodrome of Saint-Jean-in Angély with its grass track approved of 900 meters is opened with the aviation of businesses.

Education

The city has of two public elementary schools and private, of a public college and a private college, a college of mainstream education, one of vocational training and an agricultural college.

The commune proposes a house of the early childhood which gathers a halt nursery, a game library, points of information, an association of maternal assistants and various other associations.

The city also has of a council school of music and a recreational center.

Sports

The commune is ambitious in sporting practices compared to its modest size. It counted 59 sports associations into 2007 which operated in many infrastructures:

Ground of Moto-cross:

The circuit of Puy de Poursay, world famous, is managed by the Motor bike Angérien Club and was arranged between 1999 and 2000 thanks to the contest of the state and the various local government agencies of which the city of Saint-Jean-in Angély. Many international competitions were organized on this circuit:

1984 : Championship of World 250 DC (Grand Prix of France).

1989: Championship of World 500 DC (Grand Prix of France).

1992: Championship of the World Motorcycle combination (Grand Prix of France).

1995: Championship of World 500 DC (Grand Prix of France).

1999: Championship of World 250 DC (Grand Prix of Europe).

2000: Motocross of the nations in front of nearly 30.000 spectators (record of multitude).

2002: Championship of the World 125-250-500 DC (Grand Prix of France).

2004: Championship of the World 125-250-500 DC (Grand Prix of France).

2005: Championship of the World 125-250-450 DC (Grand Prix of France).

2006: Championship of France elite 125 & open - Championship of France of quad - Championship of the World Motorcycle combination (Grand Prix of France).

2007: Championship of World MX1/MX2 (Grand Prix of France).

the watery center Atlantys with basin of competition, basin of drive with corridor with against current and pit of diving of 5 meters. In addition to swimming, the diving and the watery Gymnastic , the center shelters Nautic Club Angèrien of Water-polo (male teams in N1 and N2 of the championship of France and female team out of N2 for the season 2008.)
the municipal stage with platforms of 4825 places, tracks of athletics and press room.
the plain of plays of Pellouaille with a track of karting of 400 meters.
Several sports halls: the sports complex of the COI, the gymnasium Bernard Chauvet, the general sports room of the Spur and the room of evolution of Gambetta proposing of very many activities.
the bowling pitch of 900 m ² sheltering 12 approved grounds of game of bowls.
a skate park of 600 m ² of surface.
tennis Georges Neuville made up of 9 courts.
the park of Beaufief gathers a ground of races of Lévrier S, and zones dedicated to the Aéromodélisme, with ULM, Deltaplane S, Parapente S, cars of cross-country race, and with the Tir with the arc.
Buttons It, river of first category, proposes a course of water running canoe. A nautical base arranged on its edges gathers inter alia sports grounds, leisures and a miniature golf.
the riding school of Jallet.

Health

The Angély residence has 54 apartments for elderly near the downtown area. A hairdressing salon and a gaming room are proposed to the residents.

Local life

Worships

The parish Catholique of Saint-Jean-Baptist belongs to the diocese theHoly ones.

Market

A market takes place every Wednesday and Saturdays mornings. The markets have a beautiful carpentry wooden going back to 1853. A market of district takes place places André Lemoyne Sundays mornings.

Environment

A selective collection of waste takes place since 2001. The principal Déchèterie of Fontorbe was supplemented by six minis-déchèteries distributed on the whole of the territory of the community of communes.

Personalities related to the commune

Jacob of Hone, captain of the city in 1612.
Jean-Joseph de Bonnegens of Hermitans (1750 - 1817), appointed Third state of the Seneschalsy of Saint-Jean-in Angély with the General states of 1789;
Michel Regnaud of Midsummer's Day d' Angély (1760 - 1819), appointed third state of Midsummer's Day d' Angély to the General states of 1789; to advise and minister of Napoleon I {{er}};
Andre Lemoyne (1822 - 1907), poet and literary man, archivist and librarian of the School of decorative Arts;
Joseph Lair (1834 - 1889), secretary of Gambetta, economist and sociologist;
Louis Audouin-Dubreuil (1887 - 1960), explorer and men of letters. He was the Co-leader of forwardings Citroen with Georges-Marie Haardt and took part in the First crossing of the the Sahara, the “Black Croisière” and the “Yellow Croisière”.
Bruno Guillon (born in 1971), organizer of radio and Television.
Strong Gaston (1860-1927), explorer in Central Africa (Congo-Brazzaville) and with Laos, former fellow traveller of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza.

Personalities having lived at Midsummer's Day d' Angély

During the Second world war, famous personalities came to take refuge then at Midsummer's Day d' Angély.

Maxence Van der Meersch, novelist, placed gone of Aussy before settling with Saint-Julien-with-the Escap. It will evoke the city in its book Corps and Ames .
Sacha Guitry guard a less pleasant memory of the city where it would have sheltered in a Presbytère.
Georges Brossard

Saint-Jean-in Angély and the cinema

The film the High Walls (with Carole Bouquet, Catherine Jacob, Michel Jonasz…) was turned in the courses of the royal abbey of Saint-Jean-in Angély in November 2006 and leaves on January 30th, 2008 in the rooms.

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