La Croisille-sur-Briance
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La Croisille-sur-Briance La Crosilha |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Limoges | |
| Canton | Eymoutiers | |
| Community association | Briance Combade | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ E | |
| height | 387-709 m | |
| surface | 43.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 641 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 87130 | |
| INSEE code | 87051 | |
La Croisille-sur-Briance ( Occitan La Crosilha ) is a commune with 641 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017), in the Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine located. The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Limoges and is part of the canton of Eymoutiers . The inhabitants are called Crouzillauds .
geography
La Croisille-sur-Briance is about 33 kilometers southeast of Limoges on the Briance , which rises here. La Croisille-sur-Briance is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Méard in the north and north-west, Châteauneuf-la-Forêt in the north and north-east, Sussac in the east and north-east, Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts in the east, Surdoux in the east and south-east , Meilhards in the south, La Porcherie in the southwest and Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance in the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,302 | 1,138 | 1,025 | 815 | 701 | 700 | 704 | 701 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- La Vialle Castle, destroyed by fire in 1889, rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century
Personalities
- Jean Chassagne (1881–1947), racing car driver
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