Monestier merlines

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Monestier-Merlines
Monestièr e Merlinas
Coat of arms of Monestier-Merlines
Monestier-Merlines (France)
Monestier merlines
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Canton Ussel
Community association Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 40 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  E
height 614-774 m
surface 9.48 km 2
Residents 299 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 32 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19340
INSEE code 19141

Monestier-Merlines ( MONESTIER e Merlinas in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 299 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

geography

The municipality is located in the Massif Central , on the Plateau de Millevaches and thus also in the Regional Nature Park Millevaches en Limousin , on the right bank of the Chavanon , right on the border with the Puy-de-Dôme department .

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 90 kilometers southwest, Ussel about 20 kilometers southwest and Clermont-Ferrand about 60 kilometers northeast.

Neighboring communities of Monestier-Merlines are Feyt in the north, Bourg-Lastic in the east, Messeix in the south, Merlines in the southwest and Eygrande in the northwest.

traffic

The place is about 14 kilometers northeast of exit 24 of the A89 autoroute .

coat of arms

Description : In silver, a gold-crowned black, red-armored and -tongued lion .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 879 887 830 693 515 342 314 313

Attractions

  • The old Franciscan - monastery dating from the 12th and 15th centuries with large monastery garden, rebuilt in the 19th century to a psychiatric hospital is as Monument historique classified.

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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / s3.e-monsite.com
  2. ↑ Entry No. IA00066949 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ http://www.actuacity.com/monestier-merlines_19340/monuments/

Web links

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