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Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est une commune du Sud-Ouest de la France, située dans le département de la Gironde, en région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Géographie
Commune située dans l'unité urbaine de Bergerac, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est une bastide fondée en 1255 sur les rives de la Dordogne. Elle est aussi appelée « Porte du Périgord ». La bastide se situe sur les bords de la rivière Dordogne qui permet de pratiquer de nombreuses activités nautiques (canoë, bateau promenade et baignade en saison estivale). Elle est le cœur du vignoble AOC de Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux. La bastide de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est située à la confluence des départements de la Dordogne et de Lot-et-Garonne.

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est l'une des plus petites communes de France : elle s'étend sur 51 hectares presque totalement urbanisés.

Du fait de sa superficie réduite, la commune n'est entourée que de deux communes limitrophes : au nord et au nord-ouest Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt (en Dordogne), et dans les autres directions, Pineuilh.

Trois ponts traversent la Dordogne à ce niveau du fleuve : le pont Michel-de-Montaigne (ancien pont suspendu dont ont été conservés les piliers d'entrée), le nouveau pont suspendu (côté Pineuilh, construit en 1961) et le pont ferroviaire.

Climat
Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat du Bassin du Sud-Ouest », selon la typologie des climats de la France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole. En 2020, la commune ressort du type « climat océanique altéré » dans la classification établie par Météo-France, qui ne compte désormais, en première approche, que cinq grands types de climats en métropole. Il s'agit d'une zone de transition entre le climat océanique, le climat de montagne et le climat semi-continental. Les écarts de température entre hiver et été augmentent avec l'éloignement de la mer. La pluviométrie est plus faible qu'en bord de mer, sauf aux abords des reliefs.

Les paramètres climatiques qui ont permis d'établir la typologie de 2010 comportent six variables pour les températures et huit pour les précipitations, dont les valeurs correspondent à la normale 1971-2000. Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Avec le changement climatique, ces variables ont évolué. Une étude réalisée en 2014 par la Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat complétée par des études régionales prévoit en effet que la  température moyenne devrait croître et la pluviométrie moyenne baisser, avec toutefois de fortes variations régionales. Ces changements peuvent être constatés sur la station météorologique de Météo-France la plus proche, « Port Ste Foy », sur la commune de Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt, mise en service en 1956 et qui se trouve à  à vol d'oiseau, où la température moyenne annuelle est de  et la hauteur de précipitations de  pour la période 1981-2010.
Sur la station météorologique historique la plus proche, « Bergerac », sur la commune de Bergerac, dans le département de la Dordogne, mise en service en 1988 et à , la température moyenne annuelle évolue de  pour la période 1971-2000, à  pour 1981-2010, puis à  pour 1991-2020.

Milieux naturels et biodiversité

Natura 2000
La Dordogne est un site du réseau Natura 2000 limité aux départements de la Dordogne et de la Gironde, et qui concerne les  riveraines de la Dordogne, dont Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. Seize espèces animales et une espèce végétale inscrites à  de la directive 92/43/CEE de l'Union européenne y ont été répertoriées.

ZNIEFF
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande fait partie des  concernées par la zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) de  « La Dordogne », dans laquelle ont été répertoriées huit espèces animales déterminantes et cinquante-sept espèces végétales déterminantes, ainsi que quarante-trois autres espèces animales et trente-neuf autres espèces végétales.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est une commune urbaine, car elle fait partie des communes denses ou de densité intermédiaire, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
Elle appartient à l'unité urbaine de Bergerac, une agglomération inter-départementale regroupant  et  en , dont elle est une commune de la banlieue.

La bastide de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est une zone de protection du patrimoine architectural, urbain et paysager.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Pineuilh, dont elle est une commune du pôle principal. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires artificialisés (86,8 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (86,8 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
zones urbanisées (86,8 %), eaux continentales (13,2 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse), inondations et séisme (sismicité très faible). Il est également exposé à un risque technologique, la rupture d'un barrage. Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

Risques naturels
La commune fait partie du territoire à risques importants d'inondation (TRI) de Bergerac, regroupant les  (15 en Dordogne et 7 en Gironde) concernées par un risque de débordement de la Dordogne, un des  qui ont été arrêtés fin 2012 sur le bassin Adour-Garonne. Les événements significatifs antérieurs à 2014 sont la crue de 1843 ( à Bergerac, la crue de référence historique de période de retour au moins centennale), les crues de 1912, 1944 et 1952 (période de retour de ) et les crues de 1982 et 1994 (période de retour de ). Des cartes des surfaces inondables ont été établies pour trois scénarios : fréquent (crue de temps de retour de  à ), moyen (temps de retour de  à ) et extrême (temps de retour de l'ordre de , qui met en défaut tout système de protection). La commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par les inondations et coulées de boue survenues en 1982, 1993, 1999 et 2009.

Le retrait-gonflement des sols argileux est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. 97,4 % de la superficie communale est en aléa moyen ou fort (67,4 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019,  sont en en aléa moyen ou fort, soit 100 %, à comparer aux 84 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Risques technologiques
La commune est en outre située en aval du  barrage de Bort-les-Orgues, un ouvrage sur la Dordogne de classe A soumis à PPI, disposant d'une retenue de  de mètres cubes. À ce titre elle est susceptible d'être touchée par l'onde de submersion consécutive à la rupture de cet ouvrage.

Toponymie
Le nom de la commune se réfère à sainte Foy d'Agen. L'église porte ainsi son nom.

La ville est fondée en 1255 sous le nom de Sainte-Foy puis est désignée à partir de 1383 sous celui de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, certainement pour la distinguer . Le nom de Sainte-Foy-en-Agenais a aussi été utilisé jusqu'à la Révolution.

En occitan, la ville se nomme .

Histoire

Du Moyen Âge à la Révolution
Le Sud-Ouest compte environ 350 bastides, érigées à partir du . Il s'agit de villes neuves dont le plan architectural orthonormé est ordonné autour d'une vaste place centrale.

La bastide de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (qui s'appelle à l'origine Sainte-Foy-en-Agenais) est fondée en 1255 sur un territoire presque vierge situé sur les bords de la Dordogne, par Alphonse de Poitiers, frère de Saint Louis. L'année suivante, il accorde une charte de coutumes aux habitants. Bernard de Saint Astier cède à Alphonse de Poitiers par acte de paréage signé à Gaillac, le , la terre limitée par les ruisseaux la Rance à l'est et le Vinairols à l'ouest. En 1326, Alfonse d'Espagne, seigneur de Lunel et lieutenant du roi, accorde aux consuls de la ville le droit de la fortifier (ce qui ne signifie pas qu'elle ne l'était pas déjà auparavant). Sa position stratégique de ville frontalière avec les possessions anglaises a fait de Sainte-Foy une place forte importante. Elle est un temps conquise par les Anglais au  durant la guerre de Cent Ans puis devint un bastion protestant au .

Son emplacement près de la Dordogne, carrefour entre les terres agricoles, Bordeaux et Bergerac, lui confère également un rôle économique, puisque les fleuves ont longtemps été grâce aux gabares le moyen le plus rapide et le plus sûr de faire circuler des marchandises. À la descente, la production viticole de la région est transportée vers Bordeaux et, à la remonte, grâce aux chemins de halage, diverses denrées et des matériaux de construction. Sainte-Foy possède trois « ports », le quai de La Brèche à l'est, le quai de Coreilhe à l'ouest et Port-Sainte-Foy sur l'autre rive. Cette tradition de la batellerie décline avec l'apparition du chemin de fer et disparaît dans la première moitié du . Lui succèdent les bateaux-sabliers au milieu du siècle puis le tourisme fluvial depuis la fin du siècle, représenté notamment par le Maison du Fleuve et du Vin à Port-Sainte-Foy.

Construite dès le , l'église Notre-Dame est détruite en 1561 par les Huguenots, peu avant les guerres de Religion, lors desquelles la majorité de la population est désormais protestante. Un temple est même inauguré en 1587. Cependant, la défaite des troupes protestantes face aux armées royales sous Louis XIII et les conversions forcées opérées sous Louis XIV retournent la situation : le temple est détruit en 1683 et une nouvelle église, construite au même emplacement que l'ancienne est achevée en 1686.

De nombreux bâtiments de la bastide datent de l'époque médiévale, comme une des maisons de la rue Alsace-Lorraine, étudiée par le musée du Pays foyen. Datant des , l'édifice en pierre élevé sur trois niveaux a eu dans le passé des fonctions religieuses et militaires ; au , il sert de commerce, puis de garage. Des inscriptions sur les poutres, graffitis datant de la Révolution, traces de tapisserie et dessins de saints sur les murs sont encore visibles.

La période du « Désert » protestant coïncide avec une période de prospérité économique dopée par les échanges commerciaux avec les pays du Refuge (de nombreux Foyens d'ascendance protestante ont des parents dans ces pays qui commercent volontiers avec leur région d'origine) et les colonies atlantiques, Sainte-Foy étant un des ports importants de l'arrière-pays qui fait la richesse de Bordeaux. Cette richesse se retrouve dans le bâti : l'hôtel de ville est construit sur la place centrale et de nombreux hôtels particuliers sont édifiés par les grandes familles de la ville (une quinzaine visibles encore aujourd'hui). La ville tire alors sa richesse de son vin (notamment son liquoreux apprécié des Hollandais et des Scandinaves), de la production de grisette (une toile de chanvre), de faïence (faïencerie Brian) et d'autres produits (bois, farine, eaux-de-vie...) venant des coteaux alentours et de la haute vallée de la Dordogne. Sainte-Foy est alors la capitale de la « Terre de nouvelle conquête », qui s'étend sur un vaste territoire aux confins du Bordelais, du Périgord, de l'Agenais et du Bazadais (cet éloignement des grandes villes épiscopales de ces provinces explique d'ailleurs le maintien du protestantisme et la construction d'une identité propre).

Au cours de la période de la Convention nationale (1792-1795), la commune a adopté le nom révolutionnaire de Bonne-Foy. Devenu député, le Foyen Pierre-Anselme Garrau s'oppose à la volonté du maire, qui souhaite transformer l'église en magasin à fourrage, y maintenant la tenue de cultes catholiques et protestants malgré la politique de la Terreur.

Du  à la moitié du

En 1825, le pasteur de Sainte-Foy obtient du rectorat de Bordeaux la création d'un collège secondaire protestant doté d'un internat. C'est alors le seul du Sud-Ouest. Jacques Reclus y enseigne les langues anciennes. Parmi les élèves, on compte les enfants de Frédéric Monod, les pasteurs John Bost et Edmond de Pressensé, le médecin Paul Broca, les frères Reclus, le chirurgien Jean-Louis Faure, l'historien Élie Faure ou encore le banquier Alfred André, lequel a laissé une description de la vie au collège, racontant par exemple les séances de natation dans la Dordogne.

L'église Notre-Dame est agrandie en 1850, la première pierre étant posée par Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie, ancien curé de la ville, devenu archevêque. Elle devient l'épicentre des tensions entre catholiques et républicains sous la Troisième République, notamment lors de la querelle des inventaires en 1906, lors de laquelle l'opération doit être effectuée de nuit, après que de nombreux fidèles se sont barricadés dans l'église.

Le Second Empire, nouvel âge d'or pour la ville, voit un formidable élan bâtisseur : les quais actuels sont construits, de nombreux immeubles datent de cette époque (spectaculaires pour certains, à l'exemple de l'hôtel particulier sis au 86 rue de la République), l'hôtel de ville est reconstruit sur son emplacement d'origine (par l'architecte départemental Labbé), l'église est donc agrandie et surélevée dans le goût néogothique, le « grand temple » est rénové dans un style néo-médiéval discret, les évangéliques libres construisent leur « chapelle » sur le boulevard Gratiolet. L'année 1870 est, de fait, le point d'orgue de cette richesse retrouvée avec l'inauguration ou la fin des travaux de l'hôtel de ville, du clocher et des temples réformé et libriste.

La gare de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande est mise en service en 1875, date de l'arrivée de la ligne de chemin de fer en ville. Elle participe de son essor économique, qui se manifeste jusqu'au début des années 1910 par une vague d'environ  constructions autour de la mairie, dans les rues commerçantes et près de la Dordogne. Ces demeures remplacent souvent des maisons à colombages remontant aux années 1500. Surnommé le « Petit Nice », le nouveau quartier de la gare situé au sud de la bastide, édifié autour de l'avenue éponyme (de nos jours l'avenue Paul-Bert), s'urbanise : bordée de palmiers, cette voie accueille des villas bourgeoises rappelant celles des stations balnéaires, la salle Linard (spectacles) et le café de l'Orient. Les palmiers gèlent lors de l'hiver 1956 et disparaissent. C'est dans cette rue qu'est construit, en 1911, le « petit temple », lieu de culte de l'Église réformée évangélique (née d'une scission dans l'Église réformée officielle après la loi de Séparation de 1905), il est le troisième lieu de culte protestant de la ville.

Plus à l'ouest est aménagée la place Broca, où une statue du célèbre médecin Paul Broca, né à Sainte-Foy, est inaugurée en 1888. Œuvre du sculpteur Choppin, second exemplaire de la statue installée à Paris place Broca un an plus tôt, elle est fondue en 1942 sous le régime de Vichy. En 1972, les descendants de Broca offrent un buste à la municipalité qui le place dans l'hôtel de ville. Au , la place accueille le café Proca, qui a du changer son nom après un procès intenté par la famille du médecin ; initialement orné de fenêtres de type mauresque, son bâtiment abrite de nos jours une agence d'assurances. 5 avenue Paul-Broca est édifié en 1906 le casino Rey, dont le bâtiment existe encore de nos jours ; en face sont érigées des bains-douches. Le boulevard Charles-Garrau accueille pour sa part des maisons simples, qui se distinguent des demeures cossues de l'avenue Paul-Bert.

En 1919, le maire Ernest Flageol annonce l'édification future d'un monument aux morts de la Première Guerre mondiale, désirant qu'il soit commun avec Pineuilh. Le projet traîne cependant en longueur ; initialement confié au sculpteur , il échoit finalement à Jean Camus. Au sein du monument est incrustée une sculpture figurant, selon le contrat établi à l'époque, le . Au dos sont gravés 86 noms de Foyens (dont une femme) et 52 habitants de Pineuilh. Il est inauguré en 1924, face à l'école élémentaire (sur l'actuelle place Aristide-Briand) afin, selon le projet initial de perpétuer .

Au , certains Foyens édifient des maisons à l'extérieur de la bastide (certains ont leur « villa » comme les Russes ont leurs datchas), d'abord pour y passer les fins de semaines, près de jardins où des riverains modestes cultivaient des légumes, puis pour s'y installer à l'année dans des bâtiments neufs et confortables. Plusieurs mouvements de construction se succèdent, avant la Grande Guerre, dans l'entre-deux-guerres et à partir des années 1950. Le développement de l'automobile contribue aussi grandement à modifier la circulation des habitants, les modes de vie et les connaissances intercommunautaires.

Depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en , des familles alsaciennes et lorraines sont évacuées et installées dans la région de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, notamment dans les hôtels de la ville.

Le , au lendemain de l'armistice, le pont suspendu menant à Port-Sainte-Foy est détruit (l'actuel pont Michel-de-Montaigne, reconstruit par la suite). Un pont sur pilotis est alors édifié en amont, finalement emporté par une crue le  de la même année. Sur les quais, une plaque apposée sur un vestige rappelle cet évènement, au niveau du croisement avec la rue Victor-Hugo.

Une famille juive réside à Sainte-Foy à cette époque, les Bouaknim, depuis 1925 ; ils tiennent un magasin de vêtements sur la place de la mairie. Parmi les réfugiés figurent aussi des Juifs, dont certains des enfants sont scolarisés dans le collège de garçons de la commune, doté d'un internat. Son directeur, Émile Herpe, par ailleurs résistant, informe fin 1943 les familles concernées que la municipalité a transmis aux autorités le nom des Juifs présents à Sainte-Foy. La moitié arrive à quitter la ville. En , on compte encore une dizaine de jeunes Juifs qui étudient dans l'établissement, sous de faux noms. Le 4 août de la même année, six Juifs de Sainte-Foy sont arrêtés par des Français portant un uniforme allemand, puis assassinés le lendemain au Fleix, dans le bois de Souléiou.

Un comité foyen de la Croix-Rouge est fondé en . Dans le canton, il vient en aide aux démunis, aux prisonniers de guerre, à des envoyés du STO et à certains Juifs. Après une période d'inactivité en 1939-1940, le Stade Foyen ne voit son terrain de sport de Mourennes réhabilité, ayant été occupé par l'armée, qu'en 1941. Les matchs reprennent, organisés au bénéfice des prisonniers ou du Secours national de Sainte-Foy. Un membre du comité du Stade Foyen dirige la Milice quand quatre autres s'engagent dans la Résistance. Fondée en 1938, la chorale l'Avenir monte pendant la guerre des concerts au profit des prisonniers. Parmi les autres associations locales de l'époque existent aussi l'Œuvre du Colis aux Prisonniers, le Comité d'assistance aux Prisonniers de Guerre ou encore La Goutte de lait. Elles sont beaucoup soutenues par la mairie dans leurs actions.

Les organisations vichystes du Secours national et de la Légion des combattants possèdent des sections à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. Elles s'investissent surtout dans l'envoi de colis aux prisonniers, des soupes populaires ou des goûters. Le service d'ordre de la Légion (SOL) devient la Milice en , qui compte 29 membres, masculins comme féminins, dans la commune et aux alentours. Les Joyeux Cadets Foyens (JCF) sont créées en . Une partie de ses adhérents adhèrent aussi aux Croix-de-Feu ou à la Milice. La JCF organise plusieurs évènements (fête pour les prisonniers, messes, distribution de nourriture aux pauvres, activités sportives, culturelles et musicales). À la Libération, certains de ses membres collaborateurs prennent la fuite ou sont arrêtés.

Des résistants FTP foyens distribuent des tracts en  ; plusieurs habitants sont internés en représailles au camp de Saint-Paul-d'Eyjeaux, en Haute-Vienne. Après avoir été réhabilité, le pont suspendu est une nouvelle fois détruit en . Six résistants maquisards sont tués lors des combats de la Libération, le . Des plaques commémoratives rendent hommage à certains à travers la ville (André Lavaud, Ginette Marois, etc.). Les Allemands quittent Sainte-Foy-la-Grande les 17-18 août.

Concernant le second conflit mondial, la revue de la société d'histoire de Sainte-Foy diffuse en 2010-2011 une publication intitulée « Les Juifs à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (1939-1945) », comprenant 31 témoignages sur cette époque.

En 1948 est créée sous l'impulsion de Jean Corriger la Société historique du Cercle des Amis de Sainte-Foy. Le cercle publie des fascicules sur l'histoire du pays foyen et organise des conférences. Les statuts associatifs sont déposés en 1966 et le cercle devient Les Amis de Sainte-Foy et sa région. L'association est rattachée à la Fédération historique du Sud-ouest. Deux fois par an, elle publie des Cahiers sur l'histoire de la bastide et de ses environs (culturelle, religieuse, architecturale, personnalités, etc.), travaux réalisés à partir d'archives privées et publiques (archives municipales, bibliothèque municipale de Sainte-Foy, office du tourisme, archives départementales). L'association s'investit aussi lors des Journées européennes du patrimoine, organise des sorties, des conférences et des colloques.

Politique et administration

Tendances politiques et résultats
Les personnalités exerçant une fonction élective dont le mandat est en cours et en lien direct avec le territoire de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande sont les suivantes :

Élections présidentielles
Résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élection présidentielle de 1995 : 51,72 % pour Lionel Jospin (PS), 48,28 % pour Jacques Chirac (RPR). Le taux de participation était de 78,84 %.
 Élection présidentielle de 2002 : 80,90 % pour Jacques Chirac (RPR), 19,10 % pour Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN). Le taux de participation était de 80,67 %.
 Élection présidentielle de 2007 : 50,64 % pour Ségolène Royal (PS), 49,36 % pour Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP). Le taux de participation était de 83,21 %.
 Élection présidentielle de 2012 : 55,69 % pour François Hollande (PS), 44,31 % pour Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP). Le taux de participation était de 71,56 %.
 Élection présidentielle de 2017 : 66,95 % pour Emmanuel Macron (EM), 33,05 % pour Marine Le Pen (FN). Le taux de participation était de 67,57 %.
 Élection présidentielle de 2022 : 54,37 % pour Emmanuel Macron (LREM), 45,63 % pour Marine Le Pen (RN). Le taux de participation était de 65,76 %.

Élections législatives

Résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élections législatives de 1993 : 52,30 % pour Jean-Claude Bireau (RPR), 47,70 % pour Gilbert Mitterrand (PS). Le taux de participation était de 71,29 %.
 Élections législatives de 1997 : 55,82 % pour Gilbert Mitterrand (PS), 45,18 % pour Jean-Claude Bireau (RPR). Le taux de participation était de 69,09 %.
 Élections législatives de 2002 : 51,65 % pour Gilbert Mitterrand (PS), 48,35 % pour Jean-Paul Garraud (UMP). Le taux de participation était de 65,83 %.
 Élections législatives de 2007 : 56,13 % pour Philippe Buisson (PS), 43,87 % pour Jean-Paul Garraud (UMP). Le taux de participation était de 65,51 %.
 Élections législatives de 2012 : 57,99 % pour Florent Boudié (PS), 42,01 % pour Jean-Paul Garraud (UMP). Le taux de participation était de 57,13 %.
 Élections législatives de 2017 : 69,49 % pour Florent Boudié (LREM), 30,51 % pour Sandrine Chadourne (FN). Le taux de participation était de 44,69 %.
 Élections législatives de 2022 : 58,05 % pour Florent Boudié (REN), 41,95 % pour Sandrine Chadourne (RN). Le taux de participation était de 45,36 %.

Élections européennes

Résultats des deux meilleurs scores :
 Élections européennes de 1994 : 24,38 % pour Dominique Baudis (UDF), 23,71 % pour Michel Rocard (PS). Le taux de participation était de 57,80 %.
 Élections européennes de 1999 : 29,78 % pour François Hollande (PS), 12,58 % pour Charles Pasqua (RPFIE). Le taux de participation était de 51,04 %.
 Élections européennes de 2004 : 33,65 % pour Kader Arif (PS), 16,29 % pour Alain Lamassoure (UMP). Le taux de participation était de 46,33 %.
 Élections européennes de 2009 : 28,50 % pour Dominique Baudis (UMP), 21,65 % pour Kader Arif (PS). Le taux de participation était de 41,33 %.
 Élections européennes de 2014 : 25,00 % pour Louis Aliot (FN), 22,81 % pour Michèle Alliot-Marie (UMP). Le taux de participation était de 46,27 %.
 Élections européennes de 2019 : 21,94 % pour Jordan Bardella (RN), 18,55 % pour Nathalie Loiseau (LREM). Le taux de participation était de 48,94 %.

Élections régionales
Résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élections régionales de 2004 : 56,07 % pour Alain Rousset (PS), 29,69 % pour Xavier Darcos (UMP), 14,25 % pour Jacques Colombier (FN). Le taux de participation était de 68,58 %.
 Élections régionales de 2010 : 56,52 % pour Alain Rousset (PS), 33,56 % pour Xavier Darcos (UMP), 9,92 % pour Jean Lassalle (MoDem). Le taux de participation était de 48,50 %.
 Élections régionales de 2015 : 43,27 % pour Alain Rousset (PS), 35,44 % pour Virginie Calmels (LR), 21,29 % pour Jacques Colombier (FN). Le taux de participation était de 55,57 %.
 Élections régionales de 2021 : 42,99 % pour Alain Rousset (PS), 26,98 % pour Edwige Diaz (RN), 12,05 % pour Nicolas Florian (LR), 9,53 % pour Geneviève Darrieussecq (MoDem), 8,45 % pour Nicolas Thierry (EÉLV). Le taux de participation était de 43,62 %.

Élections départementales

Résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élections départementales de 2015 : 41,51 % pour Yves d'Amécourt (UMP) et Sophie Sellier (DVD), 38,15 % pour Bernard Castagnet et Christelle Guionie (PS), 20,34 % pour Sandrine Chadourne et Patrick Duval-Campana (FN). Le taux de participation était de 53,15 %.
 Élections départementales de 2021 : 69,29 % pour Daniel Barbe et Christelle Guionie (PS), 30,71 % pour Sandrine Chadourne et Didier Riva (RN). Le taux de participation était de 43,92 %.

Élections cantonales

Résultats des deuxièmes tours :
 Élections cantonales de 1994 : 48 % pour Michel Maumont (PS), 52 % pour Jean-Pierre Chalard (RPR). Le taux de participation était de 68,76 %.
 Élections cantonales de 2001 :  21 % pour Michel Maumont (PS), 44% pour Jean-Pierre Chalard (RPR), 35 % pour Philippe Collas (DIV). Le taux de participation était de 67,57 %.
 Élections cantonales de 2008 : 64,89 % pour Robert Provain (PS), 35,11 % pour Jean-Pierre Chalard (RPR). Le taux de participation était de 59,79 %.

Élections municipales
 Élections municipales de 2014 : 51,08 % pour Christophe Chalard (DVD), 48,92 % pour Florent Boudié (PS). Le taux de participation était de 69,13 %.
 Élections municipales de 2020 : 52,28 % pour Christelle Guionie (PS), 47,72 % pour Bruno Beltrami (LR). Le taux de participation était de 51,95 %.

Liste des maires

Au fil de l'histoire qu'il dresse de l'église Notre-Dame, le musée du Pays foyen liste le nom de plusieurs maires (les dates d'entrée et de cessation de fonctions ne sont pas précisées) : Sambellie en 1793, L. de Brugière en 1851, Borderie en 1871, Flageol en 1916, Chastel en 1925, Faucher en 1928 et Bertin-Rouleau en 1938.

Lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, le maire est Ernest Flageol. François Mazelle lui succède en 1919 puis Gabriel Chastel le .

Jumelages

 De 1983 à 2014, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande a été jumelée avec Berthierville, une municipalité canadienne du Québec.

Démographie
Les habitants de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande sont les Foyennes et les Foyens.

Économie

Vie locale

Cultes
 Église catholique Notre-Dame, 24 rue des Frères-Reclus ;
 Temple protestant de l'Église Unie de France, 26 rue Louis-Pasteur ;
 Assemblée des « frères », deux églises protestantes de tendance darbyste.

Avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il existait trois courants protestants à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande : les concordataires du temple principal, les évangéliques (« Henriquet ») de la chapelle du boulevard Gratiolet, et les libristes du temple de l'avenue Paul-Bert. Après des rapprochements, la chapelle du boulevard Gratiolet devient le siège du presbytère du temple de la rue Louis-Pasteur.

Enseignement
Public
 Groupe scolaire Paul-Bert (école maternelle et primaire)
 Collège Élie-Faure / Mézières (Port-Sainte-Foy)
 Lycée Élisée-Reclus (général et technologique) et Paul-Broca (professionnel)
 En lisière de la commune, à Pineuilh, était autrefois installée l'école supérieure de jeunes filles de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. De nos jours, le bâtiment accueille un centre médical.

Privé sous contrat
 Groupe scolaire catholique Anglade-Langalerie :
 École maternelle et primaire Langalerie
 Collège Anglade (mixte depuis 1960, il compta un internat jusqu'en 1983)

Culture

 Bibliothèque municipale, 8 rue Jean-Louis-Faure. Auparavant située 21 rue Louis-Pasteur.
 Office de tourisme, 102 rue de la République.
 Cinéma La Brèche, 140 rue de la République.
 Musée du Pays foyen, 142 rue de la République (premier bâtiment à droite dans la cour).

Santé
 Centre hospitalier de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, 1 avenue Charrier.

Activités sportives
Le Stade foyen, club de rugby à XV créé en 1909 qui a été :
 Vice-champion de France Honneur en 1955 ;
 Champion de France de  en 1949.

Le long de l'allée Jean-Raymond-Guyon (anciennes allées de Coblentz), côté ouest, se trouvait autrefois la piscine municipale, construite en 1959 et finalement comblée dans les années 2000 pour laisser place à un terrain de basket. Certains éléments d'origine ont toutefois été conservés (gradins, cabines, buvette). Le terrain de basket est lui-même détruit à la fin de la décennie suivante.

Promenade et espace vert
Les quais de la Dordogne sont un lieu de promenade. La bastide de Sainte-Foy, complètement urbanisée, ne compte pas d'espace vert dans son enceinte mais sur son pourtour oriental : il s'agit du jardin public aménagé le long de l'allée Jean-Raymond-Guyon, côté est, où est notamment installé un monument aux morts de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Culture locale et patrimoine

Le festival des Reclusiennes
Le Festival des Reclusiennes est organisé par les habitants de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, association Cœur de Bastide. Chaque année, depuis 2013, début juillet, sont organisées des rencontres avec des chercheurs, journalistes et militants associatifs dans l'esprit d'Élisée Reclus, natif de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. Les thèmes abordés sont « Vote », puis les années suivantes « Les Gardiens de la terre »,  « Marche, migrations et voyages », « L'Eau » en 2016, « Le bien commun », « L'argent », « le Travail », « Bas les masques. Épidémie, le jour d'après », « Communardes, Communards » et enfin en 2022 « Evadons-nous ! ».

Pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle
La ville est une étape du pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (via Lemovicensis). Avant la construction du pont Michel-de-Montaigne, les pèlerins arrivaient de Port-Sainte-Foy par le bac et, lorsque c'était possible, par un gué.

Lieux et monuments
 Vestige des remparts médiévaux.
 Place centrale à arcades (place Gambetta, ancienne place d'Armes, ou place de l'Hôtel de ville).
 Tour du Temple, des . Elle est inscrite aux monuments historiques depuis 1967, tout comme les maisons aux n°53, n°58, n°94–96 et n°102 rue de la République (depuis 1955) et le monument aux morts de la place Aristide-Briand (depuis 2014).
 Église Notre-Dame, construite au , détruite en 1561, reconstruite au  puis agrandie en 1850.
 Temple protestant, rue Louis-Pasteur, à l'angle de la rue Chanzy.
 Hôtels particuliers du .
 La halle, à l'origine en bois, date de 1853. Elle compte vingt colonnes en pierre. Elle est pavée en 1895. Elle accueillit notamment un marché aux cochons.
 Le point de départ du sentier de grande randonnée 6 (GR6)  est situé sur la commune.
 L'aérodrome de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, sur la commune de Fougueyrolles, à trois kilomètres.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Par ordre alphabétique du nom de famille.

Nées à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

 Gérard Ansaloni (1958 -), poète, auteur-compositeur.
 Manuel Bibes (1976 -), physicien
 Paul Broca (1824 - 1880), médecin, anatomiste et anthropologue.
 Olivier Cacouault (1941 - 2014), compositeur.
 Pierre Cassignard (1965 - 2021), acteur. La place devant le cinéma porte son nom.
 Élie Faure (1873 - 1937), historien de l'art et essayiste.
 Yannick Fischer (1974-), footballeur.
 Jean-Marc Furlan (1957-), footballeur et entraîneur de football.
 Pierre-Anselme Garrau (1762-1829), homme politique.
 Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie (1810 - 1886), archevêque.
 Louis Pierre Gratiolet (1815 - 1865), anatomiste et zoologue.
 Christian Jourdan (1954 -), coureur cycliste.
 Christophe Lafont (1966 -), écrivain et historien.
 Rémi Lamerat (1990-), rugbyman.
 Pierre Larthomas (1915-2000), théoricien du théâtre.
 Julien Le Devedec (1986-), joueur de rugby à XV français.
 Ugo Mola (1973 -), vainqueur en 1996 avec le Stade toulousain de la coupe d'Europe de rugby à XV.
 Élisée Reclus (1830 - 1905), géographe libertaire.
 Brigitte Roy (1959 -), tireuse française au pistolet dix et vingt-cinq mètres.

Mortes à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

 Gaston Aumoitte (1884 - 1957), joueur français de croquet champion olympique.
 Jacques Dejean (1919 - 2013), violoniste, professeur au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, y possédait une maison.
 Roger Lanzac (1920 - 1996 à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande), animateur de télévision et de radio.
 Peter Warr (1938 - 2010), ancien directeur sportif de l'écurie de Formule 1 Team Lotus, y vécut avant sa mort en 2010.

Ayant vécu à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
 Jeanne Barret (1740-1807), exploratrice.
 Roby Bois (1926-2009), pasteur protestant (à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande de 1964 à 1969), secrétaire général de la Cimade (de 1973 à 1984).
 Jean-Raymond Guyon (1900-1961), homme politique, élu conseiller général dans le canton de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande en 1937.
 Philippe Henriot (1889-1944), homme politique français, qui a enseigné les lettres et l'anglais au collège catholique Charrier de Sainte-Foy à partir de 1909.
 Jean-Didier Vincent (1935-), neuropsychiatre, neurobiologiste et écrivain, directeur de l'Institut de neurobiologie Alfred-Fessard du CNRS de 1991 à 2004.

Héraldique

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Pierre Bertin-Roulleau, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. Vieilles maisons, vieux documents, Feret & Fils Éditeurs, 1927.
 Jean-Michel Boudié, La vie publique à Sainte-Foy-la-Grande au début du .
 Jean Cavignac, Les jurades de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, 1983.
 Jean Corriger, La libération de Sainte-Foy, sous les auspices du Comité de libération de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Delmas et Cie, 1945.
 Jean Corriger, « Le VII Centenaire de la fondation de la bastide de Sainte-Foy », Revue historique de Bordeaux et du département de la Gironde, 1955.
 Jean Corriger, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, les noms des rues, Cahier Les Amis de Sainte-Foy, 1966.
 Jean Corriger, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande : 700 ans de souvenirs ; mon village au grand coeur, Groupe girondin des études locales de l'enseignement public, 1976.
 Jean Corriger, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, son histoire, Groupe girondin des études locales de l'enseignement public, 1988, postface de Pierre Lart.
 André Prunis et Jean Vircoulon, Histoire de l'hôpital de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Amis de Sainte-Foy, 1994.
 Jacques Reix, La Dordogne du temps des bateliers, Fanlac, 1990.
 Jacques Reix et Jean Vircoulon, Chronique des années de Guerre en pays foyen, Fanlac, 1995.
 Jacques Reix, Gabariers et bateliers de la Dordogne, Fanlac, 2003.
 Jacques Reix, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande et le pays foyen, Nouvelles Éditions Sutton, 2005.
 Jacques Reix, Le pays foyen dans la guerre, 1939-1945, Nouvelles Éditions Sutton, 2007.
 Jacques Reix, Un siècle de vie sportive en pays foyen, Nouvelles Éditions Sutton, 2008.
 Jacques Reix, La Dordogne batelière. Images au fil de l'Onde, Les Dossiers d'Aquitaine, 2010.
 Jacques Reix, Entre Gironde et Périgord. Le pays foyen. Bastides et villages, La Lauze, 2012.
 Jacques Reix, Au coeur des bastides. Du Périgord à l'Entre-Deux-Mers, Éditions Sutton, 2013.
 Jacques Reix, Libération Sainte-Foy-Castillon 1943-1944, Itinérances, 2014 .
 Félix de Verneilh, Architecture civile au Moyen Âge dans le Périgord et le Limousin : Sainte-Foi, , dans Annales archéologiques, 1847, tome 6  (lire en ligne)
 Ghislain Verral, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, une ville protestante (1852-1905), éditions Jean-Jacques Wuillaume, 2017.
 750 ans de la bastide de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, actes du colloque tenu les 3 et , Les Amis de Sainte-Foy et sa région.
 Publications de la société d'histoire « Les Amis de Sainte-Foy et sa région ».

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Gironde
 Communauté de communes du Pays Foyen
 Gare de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
 Sentier de grande randonnée GR 6
 Agenais

Liens externes

 Site de l'office de tourisme
 Résultats du recensement de la population de Sainte-Foy-la-Grande sur le site de l'INSEE, consulté le .

 Société d'Histoire Les amis de Sainte-Foy et sa région
 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

Notes et références

Notes et cartes
 Notes

 Cartes

Références

Commune en Gironde
Commune dans l'arrondissement de Libourne
Commune dans la communauté de communes du Pays Foyen
Bastide médiévale en Gironde
Ville nouvelle du XIIIe siècle en France
Foy
Commune ayant porté un nom révolutionnaire en Gironde
Ville-étape du Tour de France en Gironde
Station verte
Via Lemovicensis
Unité urbaine de Bergerac
Aire urbaine de Bergerac
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A Swedish model for Australia?
Posted on January 22, 2007 by Patrick
In the last few days two articles caught my attention: one about a raid on a presumed illegal brothel and one about a Sydney city council using private detectives to gather evidence against presumed illegal brothels (as an aside, private agents employed by government agencies/branches should be bound by the rules of evidence as if police). These articles reminded me of the recent 'Ipswich murders', or more specifically, of this line from The Economist (traditionally, I believe, an advocate of legalisation):
Some advocate the Swedish model. In 1998 the government declared prostitution a form of "male violence" and changed policies. Men who buy sex are charged with committing a criminal offence. The public has been made more aware of trafficking. And the government finances schemes to help women get out of prostitution, which has now declined.
For the life of me I can't see prostitution as a desirable career path for anyone, nor can I find merit in the 'imagine if there were no prostitutes for all those desperate dateless young men' argument in fact I have always thought it was produced by a sort of alliterative dyslexia and 'prostitutes' was originally 'prisons' or 'psychiatric hospitals'. I can believe that there are women for whom it is an acceptable or even attractive way of earning more than they otherwise could, and I accept that the State ought to generally have as little say as possible in the sexual affairs of consenting adults. But states do regulate commerce, indeed outside of (attractive) libertarian thought-experiments the state is a necessary actor in a sophisticated commercial and consumer society. Also, prostitution seems increasingly linked to human trafficking, which in turn is one of the main drivers of contemporary organised crime. Not to mention that The Economist article also featured this tidbit (admittedly, sourced from the Poppy Project, an anti-prostitution organisation):
in two places where prostitution was legalised¢â¬âthe Netherlands and the state of Victoria in Australia¢â¬âthere is now a greater connection between crime and sex work than before. One nasty manifestation is a sharp increase in the numbers of women (and children) who are trafficked¢â¬âie, effectively kidnapped and forced into prostitution.
Now I may be just an out-of-touch conservative, but I think this is one Swedish model worth copying.
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34 Responses to A Swedish model for Australia?
vivy says:
It's important to note that it's not illegal to sell sexual services in Sweden, just to buy – or offer to buy – them. It sounds like a recipe for contravention and black marketeering to me and there are decidedly mixed reviews on how it's working. One of the claims in the linked article is that up to a third of all punters in totally legal Danish brothels are Swedes……
http://fb.provocation.net/www.flashback.net/~butte/English/
I wonder whether part of the problem here isn't the centering of the debate in the proposition that selling sex is inherently wrong, in and of itself, from a mix of moral, socio-political and feminist perspectives. As with pornography, prostitution provides a bully pulpit for a confluence of traditionally ideologically opposed views to come together.
The Swedish law seems to stem from the belief that sex between men and women is inherently unequal with predatory men oppressing and exploiting weak and desperate women. The notion that a woman could actually operate from an empowered position of choice in sex work is clearly an anathema.
That trafficking and drug use do feature in the prostitution mix is unarguable but its equally the case that these are part of the mix – not the whole story. I'd suggest that one way to ensure that they do become dominant features is to drive the whole industry underground. Chuck HIV and STI 's into that mix as well.
Finally, to claim that criminal involvement has soared since legalisation in Australia is to be totally blinkered as to what went on in the pre-legislation era when prostitution was basically run by crooks, corrupt state police officers and politicians.
It sounds like a recipe for contravention and black marketeering to me and there are decidedly mixed reviews on how it's working
Same applies to financial regulation (apart maybe the black marketeering) – should we give up?
One of the claims in the linked article is that up to a third of all punters in totally legal Danish brothels are Swedes"
Sacha says:
Patrick, I read the same article in the Economist and thought that it sounded like an interesting approach – why not give it a go?
"It would be very costly for Australians to visit another country to buy sexual services."
My point is that the Swedish legislation hasn't solved the supposed "problem". It simply moves it to contiguous jurisdictions. Without the safety valve of the proximity of the rest of Europe, Sweden would presumably have the sort of underground industry that Australia did – and would – have in not dissimilar circumstances. Large numbers of Swedes still obviously want to purchase sex. I'm not convinced that they're necessarily wicked/sexist/depraved for so doing.
I obviously believe that there's nothing inherently "immoral" about two adults freely entering into a contract for the provision of sexual services.
I wonder how the Swedes deal with male prostitution?
MenWomen who buy sex are charged with committing a criminal offence. … And the government finances schemes to help women get out of prostitution, which has now declined.
An interesting assumption, Patrick. In most jurisdictions, male sex workers are predominantly selling services to other men.
I imagine you are right Geoff! My understanding is that the law is actually drafted in gender-neutral terms, and I foolishly got a step ahead of myself changing the first 'men' from my quote in a foolish attempt to illustrate that point.
This should do a better job:
A person who, otherwise than as previously provided in this Chapter, obtains a casual sexual relation in return for payment,
shall be sentenced for purchase of sexual service to a fine or imprisonment for at most six months.
The provision of the first paragraph also apply if the payment was promised or given by another person.
A person who promotes or improperly financially exploits a person's engagement in casual sexual relations in return for
payment shall be sentenced for procuring to imprisonment for at most four years.
If a person who, holding the right to the use of premises, has granted the right to use them to another, subsequently learns
that the premises are wholly or to a substantial extent used for casual sexual relations in return for payment and omits to do
what can reasonably be requested to terminate the granted right, he or she shall, if the activity continues or is resumed at
the premises, be considered to have promoted the activity and shall be held criminally responsible in accordance with the
first paragraph.
If a crime provided for in the first or second paragraph is considered gross, imprisonment for at least two and at most eight
years shall be imposed for gross procuring. In assessing whether the crime is gross, special consideration shall be given to
whether the crime has concerned a large-scale activity, brought significant financial gain or involved ruthless exploitation
of another person.
Appallingly, the maximum penalty for serious rape is only 10 years!
spog says:
Please go and live in Sweden, and take your appalling perspective with you.
A bit silly, this idea. As a classies person I deal with prozzies at the front counter all the time. They generally seem to be fairly cheerful working women. Now I can't myself understand how they can do it either; but likewise I can't understand why people would want to be toilet cleaners. Different people have different valuations.
Generally I am in favour of well-regulated prostitution, largely because it is a risky industry. In the NT there is a good system of registration and police are kept up to date with goings on. There is, so far as I know, no large criminal element in Darwin's sex industry, just a few brothels and lots of indies.
Six months for buying sexual services! Seems a bit extreme to me. I'm afraid my liberal instincts have triumphed so far on this subject – but thanks for raising it (as it were). I was unaware of this Swedish model.
Tom N. says:
What spog said … plus …
Patrick said: "nor can I find merit in the 'imagine if there were no prostitutes for all those desperate dateless young men' argument".
Why not? Why does the wellbeing of desperate and dateless young men not seem to have a place in your social welfare function? Why should men who are ugly and/or devoid or charisma, oral skills, sex appeal or other qualities that can facilitate horizontal integration with the tender gender be denied an opportunity to meet their desire for sex? Desperate and dateless men are people too.
That is not the normal form of the argument. It generally runs along the lines that 'we need prostitutes because otherwise there would be all this unexpressed sexual tension that would spill over into rape and pillage.'
And in any case, there is both a) their two hands, and b) women equally 'ugly and/or devoid o[f] charisma, oral skills, sex appeal or other qualities'.
I admit that, particularly when the maximum for 'gross' (ie violent) rape is 10 years, six months seems extraordinary. I would have thought prison rather excessive full stop, in fact.
Francis X Holden says:
in two places where prostitution was legalised–
Jason Soon says:
As Yobbo can no doubt tell you and as you can tell by browsing the Daily Telegraph classifieds, there is no shortage on the supply side in the form of foreign students or "students" on working holidays. This idea that we should ban prostitution on the grounds that there is such a supply problem that pimps would resort to kidnapping people is ridiculous.
How very generous of you, Patrick, giving your approval for 'loser' men to masturbate or to bed 'loser' women, but not to bed 'winner' women. And even then its not clear how a man and a woman who are both ugly and lacking in social graces etc readily get together anyway – or would want to.
Once again, desperate and dateless men (and women, for that matter) are people too, and I suggest that the satisfaction of their sexual preferences, and the wellbeing that derives therefrom, deserves no less consideration in a social welfare function than does the pleasure Patrick derives from having sex with his wife, or from eating candy.
FXH:
from an Australian Institute of Criminology Study published in Working girls : prostitutes, their life and social control :
according to Victorian Police only 500 or about a quarter of prostitutes in the state are working in the legal brothels
Police also claim that crime and drug dealing in brothels have increased since their presence in legal brothels has been disallowed.
I don't know what weight to give those claims. Also there is an academic called Sheila Jeffreys who argues that legalisation does not reduce trafficking, eg here, and this article from Project Respect in the Age claims that trafficked women have been found in legal brothels.
Jason: that is more anecdotal than even I am willing to rely on. I do know that around the world human trafficking is burgeoning. The Europol rate it their greatest challenge. That is despite literally millions of desperately poor eastern Europeans – despite everything, they still seem to need false inducements and threats to convince them of prostitution's riches.
"Police also claim that crime and drug dealing in brothels have increased since their presence in legal brothels has been disallowed"
A statement so redolent with unintended irony that it's positively dripping.
Sheila Jeffreys Wikipedia entry runs as follows:
"Sheila Jeffreys (born 1948) is a well-known and controversial radical lesbian feminist. She is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Before moving to Australia in the early 1990s, she lived most of her life in the United Kingdom.
Some of her positions include:
* the transsexual/transgender rights movement is a reactionary movement serving patriarchy and homophobia
* lesbian culture has been corrupted by the negative influence of gay men
* women's clothing, hairstyles and fashions are a form of submission to patriarchal sadism
* cosmetic surgery, body piercing, transsexualism and self-harm are all forms of patriarchal sexual violence against the body"
You and Sheila, Patrick, may well represent the best example of quite different ideological perspectives merging around this issue that I could envisage :)
steve munn says:
"Some advocate the Swedish model. In 1998 the government declared prostitution a form of "male violence"
By the way, there is a very good reason why a lot of prostitutes don't work in brothels: Brothels take half their bloody earnings. They can do basically whatever they want because the legislation (meant to protect sex workers) actually functions as a de facto protection racket.
Prostitution should be fully legalised. Constraining it to brothels is an unfair imposition on sex workers.
There is absolutely no practical reason why buying sexual services should be a crime. It is a purely religion-based objection based on outdated notions of sexuality left over from the Victorian era.
Every culture on Earth has had prostitution in some form since humans walked the Earth. And there is simply nothing at all wrong with men who use the services of prostitutes. Men need sex. Some simply don't have time to meet or attract women. Some work 100 hours a week and have more money than time. Some are simply not interested in a relationship at the current stage of their lives.
The only difference between men and women is that men who crave sex have to pay for it. Women can just ask the first man they see and get a positive response.
patrick – if the VicPlod says 2,000 less 500 girls and boys are working on the game illegally I'd be inclined to ask WTF they are doing about it.
and again – a statement from VicPlod on drugs and illegal brothels usually causes a severe case of involuntary raised eyebrows down here in Melbourne.
Don't mention Paul Mullett and the Vic Police Association – defenders of straight police and fearless on helping rid the force of corruption and the brotherhood.
I'm familiar with Sheila Jeffreys' position on most things genderish, and I will admit to the occassional nodded head here in the boarding house common room as I read her papers. But as Honnor said:
Before moving to Australia in the early 1990s, she lived most of her life in the United Kingdom.
er Yobbo – Men can ask the first (or second) man they see too and get it free.
That's great Francis. Except for the teeny problem that 95% of men aren't homosexual, and propositioning a man on the street would more likely lead to you being bashed than laid.
I think part of the argy bargy here stems from a misreading of the post title. I certainly thought at first it meant "A Swedish Model For Every Australian". My crest fell after reading on.
And I'd echo Yobbo's observation above about completely legalising all forms of sex bisnis that involve consenting adults and that don't involve arson or nuclear devices.
Throughout history any attempt to criminalise any victimless vice or consensual sensual practice has ALWAYS done more harm than good. Exhibit A: Prohibition. Exhibit B: this current ludicrous and futile war on drugs.
"Except for the teeny problem that 95% of men aren't homosexual, and propositioning a man on the street would more likely lead to you being bashed than laid."
But in the showers after cricket practice…? "Mate, you looked real hot out there coming slowly over the wicket."
wbb says:
Yobbo's more of a quickie, I believe.
What utter nonsense. After all, in the ACT has been regulated and tolerated in the ACT for about 30 years now and there are none of these kidnapping/drugs/crime problems. Its been legal in Germany, f'rinstance, much longer with few problems. The Vic police stuff sounds to me like whinging by a notoriously corrupt police force that has been deprived of a source of income.
And I'm with Jason – I think there are good reasons to be sceptical of most claims of "white slavery". The economics are against it, especially where prostitution is tolerated. After all, slavery is notoriously less efficient than paid labour. Women who have just been arrested, who are seeking permanent residence, who have fallen out with their employer or who just want a free trip home after having made their money all have an incentive to lie about how they came to be in the game. I'm not saying it never happens – just that it's rare where prostitution is legal and regulated.
"The economics are against it, especially where prostitution is tolerated. After all, slavery is notoriously less efficient than paid labour. Women who have just been arrested, who are seeking permanent residence, who have fallen out with their employer or who just want a free trip home after having made their money all have an incentive to lie about how they came to be in the game. I'm not saying it never happens – just that it's rare where prostitution is legal and regulated."
That's pretty much the position of Scarlet Alliance, the Australian sex worker peak. They argue that a lot of "sex trafficking" is actually about discriminatory migration and foreign worker practice.
Sacha Blumen says:
I don't know how relevant it is to this discussion, but an article in the Economist recently (in its "predictions for 2007" publication) suggested that slavery over the world, including for prostitution, was an absolutely huge business involving many millions of people.
Last year someone got 10 years for sex-slavery around the corner here.
jimmythespiv says:
…….anyone who is not aware of the worldwide problem of women traficked SPECIFICALLY for prostitution (including in Australia), and kept there by addiction, is living on another planet. The economic arguments against "white slavery" put forward by Jason and DD are garbage – there are now a lot of poor whites in the world. Also, Yobbo, while the economics of your Bangkok scenario stack up, I suspect that most visits to providers of sexual services are not planned, but spontaneous – whereas you have to put a bit of effort into planning a weekend in Bangers.
Jimmy well it's true that a lot of visits to brothels are unplanned, but on the other hand there are a HELL of a lot of fly-in/fly-out workers in WA at present, many of whom have virtually zero interaction with the opposite sex for 2/3rds of their life and precious little time to find any when they are home on their week off. A lot of them schedule time in a brothel when they are home.
jimmy the spiv –
What planet are you on, mate? I've no doubt such trafficking happens in Africa and parts of the ME – but then abductions happen there for all sorts of reasons. People get abducted for non-sexual slavery as well. And kept their by addiction? No one takes drugs against their will, mate – you've clearly never actually dealt with addicts, preferring the lurid tabloid view of the world. especially
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Couch potatoes beware—characters in distress are hazardous to your health.
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Your heart rate speeds up, your breathing quickens. Your muscles tighten. Your stomach ties itself in knots. All of these changes…By Simone M. Scully
Your heart rate speeds up, your breathing quickens. Your muscles tighten. Your stomach ties itself in knots. All of these changes are symptoms of the condition called stress.
When animals, including humans, are under acute stress, their bodies respond with a powerful neurochemical chain reaction. Glucose, the fuel for our cells, is released into the blood from storage sites in our body, notably the liver. The elevated heart rate increases circulation of the energy-enriched blood to the muscles. Any long-term body processes not immediately necessary, such as digestion, growth, and reproduction, are slowed down. Immune defenses are enhanced, ready to respond to bodily injury, and our senses are sharpened.
The major purpose of this response, says psychiatrist and stress researcher Kristen Aschbacher, "is to help redirect energy away from less critical functions in order to devote them to survival functions." Stress gets you ready to react.
But a recent study published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology shows that the stress response is not just experienced by those directly in a crisis: It can be contagious. You can catch it from seeing other people under stress, even if you're watching a stranger on a video screen. This phenomenon is called "empathetic stress."
The study looked at pairs of total strangers along with romantically involved couples that had been together for at least six months. One person from each pair was subjected to the Trier social stress test, where they were given a fictitious job interview, then asked challenging arithmetic questions in front of a panel of supposed "behavior analysts." The other member of the couple simply observed the test, either via a one-way mirror or a video transmission.
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The set-ups were designed to simulate real-life situations that could potentially induce empathetic stress: observing a real person nearby, and virtually. "Given the omnipresence of television today and the fact that often stressful information is communicated via TV, we were specifically interested in whether a virtual confrontation with stress would be strong enough to elicit a response," says Veronika Engert, one of the study's five co-authors.
The researchers made sure the onlookers knew that they would not be subjected to the test themselves, so as to ensure that they spent their time observing and not worrying that they would suffer the same fate. To measure stress levels, the researchers measured the amount of the stress hormone cortisol in the saliva of both the test-taker and observer at different points throughout the session.
All but 5 percent of the participants taking the stress-inducing test showed signs of stress, demonstrated by an increase in cortisol. Overall, 26 percent of all the observers also experienced "empathetic stress," just from watching their partner take the test. As you would probably expect, there was a big discrepancy between the romantic and strange couples.
One in 10 of the observers felt empathetic stress from watching a stranger struggle, but if the observed person was a loved one, the percentage quadrupled. "The reason may be that we have a better understanding of the cues, both non-verbal and verbal, signaling stress from our loved ones," explains scientist Tony Buchanan, who was not involved with this study but independently studies empathetic stress. "We are experts at detecting emotional states in those we live with, but it most likely takes time and experience to understand people we've just met." The very fact that empathetic stress did show up at all between two strangers came as a surprise, says study co-author and neurology research fellow Franziska Plessow.
So why does stress reflect onto other people? Plessow says that they can only speculate. The researchers write that "being in tune with another individual may have an adaptive evolutionary purpose"—that is, a survival advantage—because it allows us to gain information about whatever is causing the suffering. "If one rat, monkey, or human is under stress, the others in the group may need to pay attention in order to understand why that individual [is stressed] and whether the threat to that individual poses a threat to other members of the group," says Buchanan. Also, since the stress response prepares the body for fight or flight, perhaps the empathetic stress mobilizes the energy needed to come to the other person's aid.
"The constant stream of devastating news with which we are confronted with in the daily media has the potential to compromise a significant range of people."
Of course, stress can have downsides. "The stress response is brilliant for getting you through a crisis, but things get stranger when we are stressed for purely psychological reasons," says Robert Sapolsky, a neuroscientist at Stanford University. "If you are sitting there, pulsating with frustration in a traffic jam, your body is doing the same thing as if you were running away from a lion. But in those cases, you don't need to." Humans, as well as some other primates, are unmatched in having the ability to generate psychosocial stress, he adds. The relative safety from predators and the high amounts of leisure time that we now enjoy means that the biological stress-coping mechanisms that were once so vital can now cause more harm than good. (For more from Sapolsky on stress and how the mind works, see this Nautilus interview and some of the stories he's written for Nautilus: "Dude, Where's My Frontal Cortex?" and "Caitlyn Jenner and Our Cognitive Dissonance.")
As a result, stress is now a major health threat. According to the World Health Organization, stress disorders are some of the more commonly occurring of all mental disorders. Increased levels of glucose in the blood increase the risk of adult onset diabetes, and increased blood pressure leads to heart disease. Stress weakens the immune system, diminishes the chances of getting pregnant, and plays a major role in triggering and increasing the frequency of headaches, including migraines. It has also been linked to intestinal problems, gum disease, skin disorders, growth problems, and even cancer.
The presence of empathetic stress suggests that, through no fault of their own, other people's stress could exact a cost on your health. Since the power of empathetic stress is proportional to the emotional connection between two people, this phenomenon might put caregivers and families with chronically stressed individuals at higher risk.
In addition, given that even people watching strangers on TVs experienced empathetic stress, the negative effects could be more widespread. "The constant stream of devastating news with which we are confronted with in the daily media has the potential to compromise a significant range of people," the authors write. They call for further research to try to circumvent the possible adverse effects.
"The work by Engert and [her colleagues] suggests that we need to look beyond the individual and try to understand how stress can spread to children, spouses and others," says Buchanan. "People may think they can hide their stress from loved ones or co-workers, but in many cases, they do not, and so others around them may be affected without knowing." Some of society's most giving members may need help themselves in coping with the load they take on.
Simone M. Scully is a science and culture journalist based in New York City. Follow her on Twitter at @ScullySimone.
This article originally appeared on our blog, Facts So Romantic, in May 2014.
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There's a new weight-loss tool on the block, and if you ask us, it's pretty terrifying. It's called The Obalon balloon pill, and, as the title suggests, it's a pill…with an inflatable balloon inside. That's right, a balloon.
Here's how it works: First, you swallow the pill, and it lands in your stomach, all while it remains attached to a thin tube. Once it's floating around down there, doctors use the tube to inflate the balloon, and then they remove the tube—leaving the balloon in your stomach. It can stay in there for up to three months, and you can take up to three balloon pills at a time.
After three months are up, a doctor deflates the balloon and pulls it out through your mouth (side note: OMG). The whole idea here is that the balloon makes you feel more full—after all, you don't exactly have as much room for a second piece of cake when you have an entire balloon in your stomach.
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So of course, the obvious question: Is it safe? Right now, the pill is approved in the U.S., but for investigational use only (so you can't buy it, and the company can't market it in this country). It is, however, approved on all counts in the E.U. But David Katz, M.D., author of Disease Proof, says the pill has potentially harmful side effects. "Any time you put a foreign object into the gastrointestinal tract, the two big worries are obstruction and rupture," he says.
"In terms of obstruction, it could get lodged in your stomach and block the wall from the stomach to the intestine, which could cause anything from vomiting to death. Then as far as rupture goes, the balloon could push against the wall of your stomach and stretch it or stretch the esophagus. That irritation could cause inflammation, which could cause internal bleeding, infection, or even an ulcer." These are all unlikely possibilities, Katz says, but still—they could happen.
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The better option, says Katz, is to skip out on the pill entirely. "There are three big reasons that it's simply not the smartest way to fix the problem of eating badly," he says. The first is that it only helps you not each as much—it doesn't help you eat well. "It's more important to focus on eating the right foods in the first place to fuel your body, and this balloon pill does not teach you how to do that," he says. Second, Katz warns that it could damage your stomach lining—which could ultimately cause you to eat more over time.
"The lining of the stomach contains regulators that help you feel full. So since the balloon rubs against the lining of your stomach, I'm guessing that your feel-full signals could get desensitized over time, making you eat more in the long run."
And finally, if you look at similar alternative weight-loss methods, like bariatric surgery, you'll see that they don't guarantee a lifelong healthy weight—so this doesn't, either. "Some people who've gotten bariatric surgery still overeat," says Katz. "So if they can out-eat an entire surgery, others would probably be able to out-eat a balloon."
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Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education
Bunyad Foundation has made considerable strides in education and literacy in twenty-two districts, including Bagh, Peshawar, and Karachi. Hafizabad is the district from which the foundation led its inaugural operations in 1992.
Today, Bunyad has implemented 17 projects and programs just on literacy and NFBE in the district.
In Pakistan, more than fifty million people aged over ten years are illiterate, and the literacy rate currently stands at fifty-eight percent. Both the accessibility and quality of education are at a less than satisfactory level. More than six million children are out of school, while forty-five percent of students drop out before they reach the fifth grade; the completion of their primary school.
The situation is particularly alarming for women, forty-seven percent of whom are illiterate. Particularly in rural areas, the inaccessibility of education only feeds into the culture of gender oppression and exploitation. Ultimately. Pakistan has failed to materialize its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and EFA target by 2015.
Bunyad Foundation is renowned in Pakistan for its outstanding services in providing formal and informal education particularly for children and women involved in hazardous forms of labor. In fact, the need for education for women and children working in risky forms of employment was the reason for Bunyad's inception in 1992. The first project funded by the donor organization, ILO, also catered to formal education.
Since its establishment, Bunyad Foundation has inaugurated 5,526 non-formal education (NFE) centers around 1800 villages of 22 districts in Punjab province and reached around 353,999 direct beneficiaries as women (36%) and children (64%). Among children beneficiaries, 63% were female and 37% were male.
Overall, among total direct beneficiaries, 77% were female, both adults, and children, which is greatly indicative of how one of Bunyad's priorities is assuring the educational rights of female children and adults in remote localities of the province. Our foundation has successfully reached up-to doorstep level in 22 districts.


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ιστορία τέχνης-τεχνοτροπίες
Romanesque Basic Art
βιογραφία συγγραφέα
Σύνοψη του βιβλίου "Romanesque Basic Art"
Reaching its peak in the 11th and 12th centuries, the Romanesque movement was marked by a peculiar, vivid, and often monumental expressiveness in architecture and fine arts. The main centres were located in Italy, France, the German-language countries, Spain, and England, though the voices of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe expressed themselves distinctly in the genre, which patterned itself on antique and Byzantine art. Despite untold losses, countless Romanesque masterpieces remain preserved today. Highlights include: Frescoes in Galliano near Cantu, Sant'Angelo in Formis, Saint Chef, Saint-Savin-sur Gartempe, Lambach, S. Pietro al Monte near Civate, S. Clemente in Rome, from S. Maria de Tahull, Berze-la-Ville, Tavant, Panteon de los Reyes in Leon, Castel Appiano, from Sigena; the golden Altar-Piece from Lisbjerg; the Bayeux Tapestry; stained glasses in the Cathedral of Augsburg and Le Mans, mosaics in S. Clemete, Rome, and in S. Marco, Venice; coloured panels und crosses from La Seo de Urgel, Sarzana and the panted ceiling in St. Michael, Hildesheim; sculptures in Souillac, Autun, Santiago de Compostela; and examples of metalwork, of manuscripts and enamels. Each book in TASCHEN's "Basic Genre" series features: a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period, and a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations.
Κατηγορία: ιστορία τέχνης-τεχνοτροπίες
Σειρά βιβλίου: Taschen Basic Genre Series
Ημερ/νία έκδοσης: 25/08/2007
Εκδότης: Taschen GmbH
Εξώφυλλο: Paperback / softback
Σελίδες: 96
Συντελεστές: Edited by: Norbert Wolf
Τόπος έκδοσης: Cologne
Χώρα έκδοσης: Germany
Βάρος βιβλίου: 354 gr
Διαστάσεις βιβλίου: 19x1x23 cm
Λεπτομέρειες εικονογράφησης: Illustrations


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Nanjō (南城市 -shi) é uma cidade na parte sul de Okinawa, Japão.

Nanjō possui uma área de 49,69 km² e uma população de 40 759, na data de fundação, levando a uma densidade populacional de 820,3 por km².

A cidade foi fundada em 2006 pela fusão da cidade de Sashiki e das vilas de Chinen, Tamagusuku e Ozato, todas no distrito de Shimajiri.

Na tradução literal Nanjō significa algo como "cidade do castelo do sul".

Geografia

Nanjō é uma cidade localizada na região sul (南部 - Nanbu) da ilha principal de Okinawa. A ilha de Kudaka também faz parde da cidade.

Distritos

Chinen (知念)
 Azama (安座真)
 Umino (海野)
 Gushiken (具志堅)
 Kudaka (久高)
 Kudeken (久手堅)
 Kuhara (久原)
 Shikiya (志喜屋)
 China (知名)
 Chinen (知念)
 Yamazato (山里)
 Yoshitomi (吉富)
 Ozato (大里)
 Furugen (古堅)
 Inamine (稲嶺)
 Minei (嶺井)
 Nakama (仲間))
 Ozato (大里)
 Oshiro (大城)
 Takahira (高平)
Sashiki (佐敷)
 Fusozaki (富祖崎)
 Ibara (伊原)
 Kaneku (兼久)
 Nakaiho (仲伊保)
 Okoku (小谷)
 Sashiki (佐敷)
 Shinkai (新開)
 Shinzato (新里)
 Tedokon (手登根)
 Tsuhako (津波古)
 Yabiku (屋比久)
Tamagusuku (玉城)
 Aichi (愛地)
 Funakosi (船越)
 Fusato (富里)
 Horikawa (堀川)
 Hyakuna (百名)
 Itokazu (糸数)
 Kakinohana (垣花)
 Kibaru (喜良原)
 Maekawa (前川)
 Nakayama (中山)
 Nakandakari (仲村渠)
 Ou (奥武)
 Oyakebaru (親慶原)
 Shikenbaru (志堅原)
 Tamagusuku (玉城)
 Tōyama (當山)
 Yakabu (屋嘉部)

Municípios vizinhos

Yonabaru
Yaese
Haebaru

Referências

Ligações externas
Nanjo City home page
Gyokusendo - Okinawa World
Wel Sunpia
Sugar Hall

Cidades de Okinawa

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