Donzenac

Donzenac
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Allassac
Community association	Bassin de Brive
Coordinates	45 ° 14 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 14 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ E
height	112-388 m
surface	24.12 km 2
Residents	2,651 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	110 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	19270
INSEE code	19072
Website	www.donzenac.correze.net
	; Mairie (Town Hall)

Donzenac ( Occitan Donzenac ) 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 and the capital of the Canton of Allassac . The inhabitants call themselves Donzenacois (es).

geography

The Maumont river near Donzenac

Tulle , seat of the prefecture of the département, is around 25 kilometers slightly northeast, Brive-la-Gaillarde around eleven kilometers south and Uzerche around 24 kilometers north. Located in the Brive basin, the municipality and its entire territory is traversed by the Maumont river , a right tributary to the Corrèze .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities of Donzenac are Sadroc in the north, Sainte-Féréole in the east, Ussac in the south, Saint-Viance in the southwest and Allassac in the west.

traffic

Junction 48 for Autoroute A20 is about one and a half kilometers to the west.

history

Finds from the Moustérien and the Neolithic Age show a long history of settlement in 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 farm or a good. The place was first mentioned in the year 783 in the archives of Charroux . 924 the place belonged to the vicariate of Uzerche. From around the year 1000 Donzenac was a fiefdom of the bishops of Limoges , with the bishop leaving his power to the local lords. Members of the prevailing de Malemort family were raised to barons of Donzenac and Gilbert de Malemort was Bishop of Limoges between 1275 and 1294 . The de Malemort family was connected by marriage to the families of the Viscounts of Turenne and Comborn , and later also to the de Ventadour family. At the beginning of the Hundred Years War around 1350, the place was plundered and destroyed by the English. Pope Innocent VI intervened in 1351 and claimed Donzenac for the king of France , because his nephew Cardinal Pierre de Monteruc belonged to a family that originally came from this area. In 1354 Géraud de Ventadour received the royal favor to rebuild Donzenac. Eighteen years later in 1372, Charles V gave the Counts of Ventadour control of Donzenac. Already in 1389 they sold Donzenac to Jean de Berry . Then the ruling families changed several times, only to be bought back by the Ventadour family in 1572. By marriage in 1694 Donzenac fell to the de Rohan family , who owned the place until the French Revolution .

coat of arms

Description : The coat of arms shows a warbler flying to its green nest with a green branch in its beak on gold, three golden lilies in the shield head on blue.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	2,059	1,884	1,795	1,908	2,050	2.147	2,359	2,646

Partner communities

Wolframs-Eschenbach , Ansbach District , Germany
Riche , Moselle department , France

Attractions

The market square , a public square from the 17th century, has been classified as a monument historique since August 30, 1967 .
The town house in rue du Puy-Soubre , a secular building from the 13th century, has been classified as a monument historique since August 28, 1933.
The portal of the Puy-Soubre , part of a secular building from the 13th and 15th centuries, has been classified as a monument historique since August 28, 1933.
The Saint-Martin church , a sacred building from the 14th and 15th centuries, has been classified as a Monument historique since May 28, 1932.
The Chapel of Penitents (Chapelle des Pénitents), a sacred building from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, has been classified as a Monument historique since August 30, 1967.