Le Lonzac

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Le Lonzac
Lo Lonzac
Coat of arms of Le Lonzac
Le Lonzac (France)
Le Lonzac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Grommet
Canton Seilhac-Monédières
Community association Tulle agglo
Coordinates 45 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 44 ′  E
height 321-565 m
surface 35.97 km 2
Residents 805 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19470
INSEE code 19118

Le Lonzac

Le Lonzac ( Lo Lonzac in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 805 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants call themselves Lonzacois (es).

geography

The community is located in the Massif Central on the southwestern edge of the Plateau de Millevaches and thus also in the Regional Nature Park Millevaches en Limousin .

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 25 kilometers south, Égletons about 25 kilometers southeast and Uzerche about 15 kilometers southwest. The municipality is crossed by the Madrange river to the east and by the Ruisseau de Boulou to the north . The Vézère , into which the two join , runs along the north-western municipal boundary.

Neighboring municipalities of Le Lonzac are Affieux in the north, Madranges in the east, Beaumont in the southeast, Chamboulive in the south, Eyburie in the west and Peyrissac in the northwest.

history

A church dedicated to St. Martin of Tours has been documented since the 10th century . The name of the community refers to the Latin avellana (nux avellana - hazelnut), origin was the country estate Olonziacus, later it became Olonzac and finally Le Lonzac.

coat of arms

On a blue background three silver fish standing against each other, the old coat of arms of the Malengue de Lespinasse family .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 983 1084 992 929 855 776 811 802

Personalities

  • Jacques Delors (* 1925), French politician, the family originally comes from Le Lonzac
  • Martine Aubry (* 1950), French politician, daughter of Jacques Delors

Web links

Commons : Le Lonzac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://lacorreze.com/villages/le_lonzac/accueil/cartes/carte_geo_lonzac.htm
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / s3.e-monsite.com
  3. ↑ http://lacorreze.com/villages/le_lonzac/accueil/blasons/origine_blason.htm