Magnac-Laval
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Bellac | |
| Canton | Châteauponsac | |
| Community association | Haut Limousin en Marche | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 13 ' N , 1 ° 10' E | |
| height | 189-324 m | |
| surface | 72.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,744 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 87190 | |
| INSEE code | 87089 | |
| Website | http://www.www.magnac-laval.fr | |
 Town Hall (hôtel de ville) |
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Magnac-Laval is a French village with 1,744 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Bellac and the canton of Châteauponsac .
The neighboring municipalities of Magnac-Laval are Dompierre-les-Églises in the east. Villefavard in the southeast and Droux in the south.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
| Residents | 2,473 | 2,625 | 2,599 | 2,372 | 2,266 | 1,978 | 1,889 |
Attractions
- Saint-Maximin Church ( Monument historique 1925)
- Chercorat Castle
- Sirvenon Castle
Personalities
- Marie Thérèse Françoise de Salignac († 1726), Marquise de Magnac
- Pierre III. de Laval-Lezay († 1687), her husband, 3rd Marquis de Laval-Lezay, Marquis de Magnac
- Gui André de Laval-Lezay († 1745), their son, 4th Marquis de Laval-Lezay, Marquis de Magnac
- Gui André Pierre de Montmorency-Laval (1723–1798), his son, 1748 (when the Barony of Arnac and the Marquisate Magnac became Duché) Duc de Laval, 1783 Marshal of France .
- Robert David (1873–1958), politician, died in Magnac-Laval
- René d'Abadie (1895–1971), ornithologist , founder of the Société française d'ornithologie
- Alexandre Vialatte (1901–1971), writer, born in Magnac-Laval
- Georges Guingouin (1913–2005), resistance fighter, politician, born in Magnac-Laval
literature
- Pierre Brunaud: Les cantons de Magnac-Laval et Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles. 2004, ISBN 978-2-84910-123-0 .