Nieuil

Nieuil (Nuelh) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern 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 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 3.2 km

Suaux 3.3 km

Roumazières-Loubert 6.5 km

Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 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 Roumazières-Loubert and Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure, on the line from Angoulême to Limoges.

Air

The closest airport to Nieuil is Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport (27 km) however it does not have scheduled flights since 2016. Slightly further afield is Limoges – Bellegarde Airport which runs scheduled flights to Lyon and the United Kingdom.