Les Billanges
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Haute-Vienne | |
Arrondissement | Limoges | |
Canton | Ambazac | |
Community association | Élan Limousin Avenir Nature | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ E | |
height | 280-451 m | |
surface | 22.61 km 2 | |
Residents | 288 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 87340 | |
INSEE code | 87016 |
Les Anges Bill is a French commune in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine , in Haute-Vienne , in district Limoges and Canton Ambazac . It borders in the northwest on La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice , in the north on Jabreilles-les-Bordes and Saint-Goussard , in the northeast on Châtelus-le-Marcheix , in the east on Saint-Pierre-Chérignat , in the south on Saint-Martin- Sainte-Catherine and to the west at Saint-Laurent-les-Églises . The residents call themselves Billangeots .
geography
Chantegros is a village within Les Billanges with Gallo-Roman features. At Les Lilas there is a bridge over the Taurion . Other hamlets in the municipality are called Le Bas-Breuil, La Bergerie, La Besse, La Betoulle, Le Bois, Le Châtelard, Les Égaux, Entrecolles, La Gance, Le Gouteix, Lignac, Maisonnieux, La Nouaille, Le Péchereau, Perrassades, La Planche, Ponchale, Le Puy-Rebourg, Le Rat, Trézin and Virareix.
history
Earlier place names were "Albillus", Albillanicos and Aubillanges, the latter around 1273.
1205 was in Les Billanges the Grammontenserpriorat founded Trezin with the Gram Monte-fish designation Trezins.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
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Residents | 515 | 464 | 382 | 313 | 285 | 288 | 302 | 311 |
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Monument historique
- Châtelard fortress
- Castle of Lilas
- Gallo-Roman fortresses in Virareix and Maisonnieux