Maussac

Maussac
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Ussel
Canton	Plateau de Millevaches
Community association	Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates	45 ° 28 '  N , 2 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 28 '  N , 2 ° 9'  E
height	555-685 m
surface	13.78 km 2
Residents	439 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	32 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	19250
INSEE code	19130
Website	www.maussac.formatic-web.fr
The Saint-Christophe Church

Maussac is a French municipality with 439 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants call themselves Maussacois (es).

geography

The municipality is located in the Massif Central on the Plateau de Millevaches and therefore also in the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park .

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 40 kilometers southwest, Égletons about 10 kilometers southwest and Ussel about 15 kilometers northeast.

Neighboring municipalities of Maussac are Meymac in the north, Combressol in the east, Darnets in the south, Soudeilles in the southwest and Davignac in the west.

The Luzège , a tributary of the Dordogne , runs through the municipality.

traffic

The place is about ten kilometers northeast of exit 22 of the A89 autoroute .

history

Between the 8th and 6th centuries BC, the Celtic Lemovics invaded the region and dominated the area until it was conquered by the Romans in the 1st century. Maussac also goes back to a Gallo-Roman foundation. The name originated from Mauriciacum, where the suffix acum is Celtic and denotes the homestead. Mauriciacum then became Maursac (1252) and finally Maussac.

coat of arms

Description : A pressed golden rafter in red , accompanied by three golden palm branches. The right place is gold-red geschacht .

Symbolism: the chessboard is a reference to the House of Ventadour .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2016
Residents	495	513	483	461	397	387	391	435

Attractions

• The Saint Christophe Church , a religious building from the 12th and 19th centuries. The building has been classified as a Monument historique since 1974 .
• The Maussac coal mines are unique in the Corrèze. The mines were exploited from 1809 to 1943.

Web links

Commons : Maussac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The church on the Internet
• Maussac on annuaire-mairie.fr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 26, 2016 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. 
3. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR74/IA00030256/index.htm
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 26, 2016 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.