Bellechassagne
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Bellechassagne Belachassanha |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Corrèze | |
| Arrondissement | Ussel | |
| Canton | Plateau de Millevaches | |
| Community association | Haute-Corrèze Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 39 ′ N , 2 ° 14 ′ E | |
| height | 665-804 m | |
| surface | 13.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 89 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 19290 | |
| INSEE code | 19021 | |
Bellechassagne ( Belachassanha in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 89 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants call themselves Bellechassagnois (es).
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 .
Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 75 kilometers southwest, Égletons about 35 kilometers southwest and Ussel about 15 kilometers southeast.
Neighboring municipalities of Bellechassagne are Saint-Rémy in the northeast and east, Saint-Germain-Lavolps in the south and Sornac in the southwest, west and northwest.
The Diège and its tributary the Liège graze the municipality to the west and east.
traffic
The place is about 20 kilometers northwest of exit 23 of the A89 autoroute .
history
The name Bellechassagne comes from " Belle Chênaie " and means beautiful oak grove . In earlier times there was a Commanderie , a kind of monastery, the Knights Templar , which gave the place some importance. Only very few remains of this building complex have been preserved.
coat of arms
Description : The coat of arms is quartered in blue and silver . Heraldic top right and bottom left a golden wolf and in the other fields a black eagle with a red beak and red fangs. A golden shield with a red lily lies on top .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 71 | 90 | 90 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 73 | 87 |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Georges-Sainte-Croix , a religious building from the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Two monumental stone crosses from the 17th century.
