Saint-Avit-Sénieur
Saint-Avit-Sénieur | |
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The church | |
Location of Saint-Avit-Sénieur | |
| Coordinates: 44°46′32″N 0°49′02″E / 44.7756°N 0.8172°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Bergerac |
| Canton | Lalinde |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Delayre |
Area 1 | 23.4 km2 (9.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 416 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24379 /24440 |
| Elevation | 61–195 m (200–640 ft) (avg. 171 m or 561 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Avit-Sénieur (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿avi senjœʁ]; Occitan: Sench Avit Senhor) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The most notable feature of the village is a massive church from the end of the 11th and 12th century. Next to the church, an abbey has been erected to honour the hermit Avitus, who died in 570. Avitus gave his name to the abbey and the village.
The abbey used to house canons, disciples of Augustine of Hippo. It is now mostly in ruins.
The size of the church (51 × 23 meters) can be explained by the fame of the village on the Way of St. James: one of the paths starting from Vézelay passes through this place.