| Nieuil | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Confolens |
| Canton: | Charente-Bonnieure |
| Insee: | 16245 |
| Postal Code: | 16270 |
| Mayor: | Laurent Sellier[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Charente Limousine |
| Coordinates: | 45.8797°N 0.5022°W |
| Elevation M: | 190 |
| Elevation Min M: | 128 |
| Elevation Max M: | 218 |
| Area Km2: | 23.90 |
Nieuil (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Nuelh) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
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.
Saint-Claud 3.2 km
Suaux 3.3 km
Roumazières-Loubert 6.5 km
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 7.2 km
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.