Corrèze (Municipality)

Corrèze ; Corresa
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Grommet
Canton	Naves
Community association	Tulle agglo
Coordinates	45 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 53 ′ E 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

Commons : Corrèze (Corrèze) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://lacorreze.com/villages/correze/accueil/carte/carte_geo_de_correze.htm

[2] ttp://www.mairie-correze.fr/index.aspx

[3] ttp://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=10389

[4] ttp://www.tourismelimousin.com/diffusio/fr/a-voir/villes-et-villages/correze/retable-fin-xvii-debut-xviii-s-eglise-st-martial_TFO161001567.php