Chavanac
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Corrèze | |
Arrondissement | Ussel | |
Canton | Plateau de Millevaches | |
Community association | Haute-Corrèze Communauté | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 38 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ E | |
height | 831-952 m | |
surface | 9.85 km 2 | |
Residents | 51 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 5 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 19290 | |
INSEE code | 19052 |
Chavanac ( Chavanac in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 51 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants call themselves Chavanacois (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 70 kilometers southwest, Égletons about 30 kilometers southwest and Ussel about 25 kilometers southeast.
Neighboring municipalities of Chavanac are Millevaches in the north, Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois in the east, Meymac in the south and Saint-Merd-les-Oussines in the west.
The place is on the right bank of the upper reaches of the Vézère .
traffic
The place is about 20 kilometers northwest of exit 23 of the A89 autoroute .
coat of arms
Description : In gold Salome with a red top and a blue skirt with a gold insert and a gold hair cap with the head of John the Baptist in his right hand.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 67 | 67 | 46 | 48 | 34 | 49 | 61 | 52 |
Attractions
- The Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste church , a religious building from the 13th century.
- Several monumental crosses from the 16th century.
- The Longéroux moor , an 8,000 year old moor on the Plateau de Millevaches with a size of 255 ha.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les communes du PNR de Millevaches en Limousin (PDF; 124 kB)
- ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR74/IA00030081/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=INSEE&VALUE_1=19052
- ↑ La tourbière du Longeyroux ( Memento of May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.detours-en-limousin.com/Tourbiere-du-Longeyroux