Aix (Corrèze)

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Aix
Ais
Aix coat of arms
Aix (France)
Aix
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Canton Ussel
Community association Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 37 '  N , 2 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 '  N , 2 ° 23'  E
height 650-880 m
surface 48.02 km 2
Residents 392 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19200
INSEE code 19002

Aix ( Ais in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 392 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

geography

The municipality is located in the Massif Central on the Plateau de Millevaches and therefore also in the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park on the right bank of the Dognon , a tributary of the Dordogne .

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 90 kilometers southwest, Ussel about 11 kilometers southwest and Clermont-Ferrand about 70 kilometers northeast.

Neighboring municipalities of Aix are Lamazière-Haute in the north, Eygurande in the northeast, Merlines in the east, Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos in the southeast, Saint-Fréjoux in the south, Ussel in the southwest, Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf and Courteix in the west as well Couffy-sur-Sarsonne in the northwest.

traffic

The place is about five kilometers northwest of exit 24 of the A89 autoroute .

coat of arms

Blazon : a golden wolf in blue . The left town 's red-gold geschacht .

Symbolism: The red and gold box in the place is a reference to the House of Ventadour .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 325 431 373 371 325 307 380 389

Attractions

The Saint-Martin-de-Tours church , a Romanesque sacred building from the 13th, 15th and 19th centuries, is classified as a monument historique .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://s3.e-monsite.com/2011/03/13/99431175communespnr-pdf.pdf
  2. ↑ Entry No. IA00066875 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Aix  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Aix on annuaire-mairie.fr