Corvol-l'Orgueilleux
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Nièvre | |
| Arrondissement | Clamecy | |
| Canton | Clamecy | |
| Community association | Haut Nivernais-Val d'Yonne | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 24' E | |
| height | 166-297 m | |
| surface | 30.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 800 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 58460 | |
| INSEE code | 58085 | |
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux (in local dialect: Courvou ) is a French commune of 800 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Clamecy and the Canton of Clamecy (until 2015: Canton Varzy ).
In addition to the core town, the municipality also includes the villages of Dordres , Les Caillons , Roussy and Sauzay .
geography
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux is located about 52 kilometers north-northeast of Nevers on the Sauzay River . Neighboring municipalities of Corvol-l'Orgueilleux are Billy-sur-Oisy and Trucy-l'Orgueilleux in the north, Breugnon in the east, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont in the south-east, Courcelles in the south, La Chapelle-Saint-André in the west and south-west and Entrains-sur-Nohain in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 987 | 1,047 | 949 | 828 | 776 | 735 | 770 | 765 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Vincent Church, built between 1670 and 1672
- Merovingian necropolis, discovered and excavated in 1980
- Vilette Castle
- Defense yard in Sauzay
Personalities
- Jules Jaluzot (1834–1916), entrepreneur and politician
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 1038-1041.
