Cosnac

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Cosnac
Cosnac coat of arms
Cosnac (France)
Cosnac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton Brive-la-Gaillarde-3
Community association Bassin de Brive
Coordinates 45 ° 8 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 8 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  E
height 134-381 m
surface 19.98 km 2
Residents 2,981 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 149 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19360
INSEE code 19063
Website www.cosnac.fr

Cosnac ( Occitan Cosnac ) is a French commune in the Corrèze department on the western edge of the Massif Central . The municipality is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive . The inhabitants call themselves Cosnacois (es).

geography

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 30 kilometers northeast, Brive-la-Gaillarde about 6 kilometers northwest and Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne about 35 kilometers southeast. The Le Pian stream , a left tributary of the Corrèze , flows through the municipality. Furthermore, the Loyre , also a left tributary of the Corrèze, lines the area in the north.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities of Cosnac are Malemort-sur-Corrèze and Dampniat in the north, La Chapelle-aux-Brocs and Lanteuil in the east, Turenne in the south, Jugeals-Nazareth in the southwest and Brive-la-Gaillarde in the west.

traffic

Junction 50 to Autoroute A20 is about eleven kilometers to the northwest.

history

Stratigraphically determined finds from the Mesolithic and remains of dolmens from the Neolithic prove a long history of settlement in the area. While there are no finds from the Bronze and Iron Ages , former brickworks from Roman times seem to prove a continuous settlement of the area. The name comes etymologically from the Gallic- Roman language area, evidenced by the suffix -acum , in Occitan it became ac and denotes a place or court. The community name itself refers to a basic rule named Coznac from the 11th century. The establishment of the Cosnac mansion is now often associated with the rediscovery of the old troglodytic quarry Abri des Roches . The presence of anthropomorphic sculptures suggests that the rock caves were inhabited between the 11th and 13th centuries. A large number of similar caves from the Middle Ages have been rediscovered and excavated in the south of the municipality.

coat of arms

Description : Black tail wheels scattered on silver, in front of them a black lion with a red crown, red claws and a red tongue.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 590 592 819 1,452 1,962 2,340 2,788 2,984

Attractions

  • The Cosnac Castle , a secular building from the 13th and 18th century, as since October 20, 1987 Monument historique classified.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Cosnac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. PA00099751 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)