7/27/2023 0 Comments Medis 17 charente maritimeThe castle of La Rigaudière is a vast classical building which was built between 17 may be at the place of a more ancient building. It has belonged to the family Daulnis, then in the 17th century to the calvinists whose members emigrated to America and contributed to found the town "Nouvelle-Rochelle". ![]() Modified through the ages, it has got some gothic marks and the date 1729 is graved on the lintel of a door. The origins are very old because it is mentioned on a chart dated in 1489. The "Logis de Puyraveau" is an ancient noble house. Anyway because of financial reasons the raising of the edifice was postpone for several years. A sarcophagus probably from the 4th century stands in front of the church where the cimetery was in the past.Ī protestant temple was built in 1855 because of an estimation of 250 protestant people. Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens was classified as a historic monument on January 13th in 1946. The town is has got many different interesting structures : tourism structures such as campings, sport structures such as gymnasium, stadium,skatepark.) and cultural structures such as associations, libraries). Médis is in the heart of Royan urban area which is composed of 31 parishes and 72 136 inhabitants. The situation is privileged between Royan and Saujon next to the Atlantic Ocean and the Estuary. Furthermore private housing estate have been built next to the previous hamlets. ![]() ![]() But for about ten years the the population has been growing and the diversity of the economy has led to the development of commercial zones (Belmont) and the reorganizaton of the town center. In the past Médis was mainly focused on agricultural and wine growing activities. It is a residential town in the surrounding countryside of Royan and belongs to the district of Saujon. Medis is situated in the heart of the “Pays royannais” in the continental band of the “beauty coast” and next to the Penisula of Arvert.
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