Corrèze (Municipality)
Corrèze Corresa |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Corrèze | |
Arrondissement | Grommet | |
Canton | Naves | |
Community association | Tulle agglo | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 53 ′ E | |
height | 295-644 m | |
surface | 34.16 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,128 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 19800 | |
INSEE code | 19062 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-correze.fr/index.aspx | |
The Margot gate and Corrèze church tower |
Corrèze ( Corresa in Occitan ) is a commune with 1,128 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The community is a member of the community association Tulle Agglo . The inhabitants call themselves Corrèzois (es).
geography
The municipality is located in the Massif Central on the southern edge of the Plateau de Millevaches about 20 kilometers north of Tulle , the prefecture of the department . The town is nestled on the right bank of the Corrèze , which crosses the municipality at an altitude of around 470 m. The municipality is part of the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are Meyrignac-l'Église in the north, Sarran in the north-east, Vitrac-sur-Montane in the east, Saint-Priest-de-Gimel in the south-east, Gimel-les-Cascades in the south, Bar in the south-west, Naves in the west and in the north-west Orliac-de-Bar .
history
The municipality has been settled since the Gallic-Roman times, Roman roads crossed here. Corrèze was first mentioned in the 9th century. After the place became a stage of the Camino de Santiago , the city developed around the church. The Viscounts of Ventadour built a castellany there towards the end of the 13th century . After the English besieged and pillaged the city during the Hundred Years War , Corrèze did not experience a new bloom until the 16th century, when Catherine de Medici was the owner of the city. The French Revolution passed almost without a trace and the city continued to develop until the end of the 19th century until the First World War , which demanded a high blood toll from the residents. After that, also intensified by the rural exodus in the 20th century, Corrèze never found its way back to its old size.
Municipal coat of arms
Description : Three green sloping wavy bars in silver
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 1602 | 1576 | 1528 | 1304 | 1145 | 1148 | 1177 | 1126 |
Attractions
- The medieval city with posh townhouses and other Renaissance buildings
- 15th century Margot Gate in memory of Queen Margot , classified as a Monument historique .
- Church Saint-Martial (Monument historique), to the origins of the Carolingian period rich, with its Romanesque and Gothic elements, and the baroque altarpiece created by Jean Tournié de Gourdon
- Chapel of the Pénitent Blancs (white penitents), also a monument historique, built between 1730 and 1781
- Notre-Dame du Pont du Salut chapel from the 18th century
Personalities
- Bernadette Chirac (* 1933), Member of the Corrèze Canton for the General Council of the Corrèze Department
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://lacorreze.com/villages/correze/accueil/carte/carte_geo_de_correze.htm
- ↑ http://www.mairie-correze.fr/index.aspx
- ↑ http://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=10389
- ↑ http://www.tourismelimousin.com/diffusio/fr/a-voir/villes-et-villages/correze/retable-fin-xvii-debut-xviii-s-eglise-st-martial_TFO161001567.php