Nieuil (; oc, Nuelh) is a commune in the

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...

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in southwestern

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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 Saint-Claud (; oc, Sent Claud) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. The small commune is located northeast of Angoulême. Population Personalities The commune is partly the ancestral home of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, P ...

3.2 km
Suaux 3.3 km

Roumazières-Loubert Roumazières-Loubert (; oc, Romasieras Loberc) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Haute-Charente.Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure (, literally ''Chasseneuil on Bonnieure'') is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the ...

7.2 km

Transport

Rail Nieuil had a railway station on the line from Ruffec to Roumazières-Loubert, which was closed in 1954. The nearest stations are in

, on the line from Angoulême to Limoges. Air The closest airport to Nieuil is

Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a commune, the prefecture of the Charente department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Angoumoisins'' o ...

(27 km) however it does not have scheduled flights since 2016. Slightly further afield is

Limoges – Bellegarde Airport Limoges – Bellegarde Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Limoges – Bellegarde, ) is an airport located west-northwest of Limoges, a ''commune'' of the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The airport presen ...

which runs scheduled flights to Lyon and the United Kingdom.