Chaptelate
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Limoges | |
| Canton | Couzeix | |
| Community association | Limoges metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 55 ' N , 1 ° 16' E | |
| height | 324-481 m | |
| surface | 17.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,121 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 118 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 87270 | |
| INSEE code | 87038 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-chaptelat.fr/ | |
Chaptelat ( Occitan : Chaptalac ) is a municipality with 2121 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the French department of Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Chaptelat is part of the canton of Couzeix (until 2015: canton of Nieul ) in the arrondissement of Limoges . The inhabitants are called Catalacois .
geography
Chaptelat is about nine kilometers north of Limoges . The Aurence River has its source here. Chaptelat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Jouvent in the north and north-west, Bonnac-la-Côte in the north and north-east, Limoges in the south and east, Couzeix in the south and south-west and Nieul in the west.
The national route 520 runs along the southern edge of the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 636 | 564 | 614 | 943 | 1,288 | 1,465 | 1,558 | 1.994 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Church from the 12th century, today's building mainly from the 15th century, built on the site of the birthplace of St. Eligius
- Sourue Castle with the Saint-Éloi fountain
- Old school
Personalities
- Eligius (around 589–659), Bishop of Noyon (from 641), saint
- Roger Barny (1929–2003), Romance studies and literary scholar
Web links
Commons : Chaptelat - collection of images, videos and audio files
