Confolent-Port-Dieu

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Confolent-Port-Dieu
Confolens
Coat of arms of Confolent-Port-Dieu
Confolent-Port-Dieu (France)
Confolent-Port-Dieu
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Canton Haute-Dordogne
Community association Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 30'  E
height 520-786 m
surface 18.00 km 2
Residents 40 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19200
INSEE code 19167

Confolent-Port-Dieu ( Confolens in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 40 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

geography

The municipality is located in the Massif Central on the right-hand side at the confluence of the Chavanon in the Dordogne and northwest of the Bort-les-Orgues reservoir and therefore not far from the border with the Puy-de-Dôme department .

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 90 kilometers southwest, Ussel about 17 kilometers west and Bort-les-Orgues about 20 kilometers south.

Neighboring municipalities of Confolent-Port-Dieu are Savennes in the north, Singles in the northeast, Larodde in the east, Labessette in the southeast, Monestier-Port-Dieu in the south, Thalamy in the west and Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos in the northwest.

traffic

The place is about 15 kilometers southeast of exit 24 of the A89 autoroute .

history

The name Confolent-Port-Dieu is a reference to the market town of Port-Dieu , which was flooded by the construction of the Bort-les-Orgues reservoir.

coat of arms

Blazon : in red a golden lion with scattered golden tail wheels .

Population development

Confolent-Port-Dieu is the smallest municipality in the Corrèze in terms of population.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 48 57 40 30th 38 39 29 38

Attractions

chapel
  • The chapel of the Benedictine Abbey of Port-Dieu, a sacred building from the 15th century, has been classified as a Monument historique since May 31, 1988 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. PA00099745 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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