Roche-le-Peyroux

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Roche-le-Peyroux
Ròcha lo Peiros
Roche-le-Peyroux coat of arms
Roche-le-Peyroux (France)
Roche-le-Peyroux
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Canton Haute-Dordogne
Community association Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 23'  E
height 400-657 m
surface 7.15 km 2
Residents 96 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19160
INSEE code

Saint-Pardoux-de-Guéret church

Roche-le-Peyroux ( Rocha lo Peiros in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 96 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

geography

The municipality is located in the Massif Central on the right-hand side at the confluence of the Diège and the Dordogne .

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 70 kilometers southwest, Ussel about 18 kilometers north and Bort-les-Orgues about 15 kilometers southeast.

Neighboring municipalities of Roche-le-Peyroux are Saint-Victour in the north, Margerides in the northeast, Sarroux-Saint Julien with Saint-Julien-près-Bort in the east, Saint-Pierre in the south and Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze in the west.

traffic

The place is about 18 kilometers southeast of exit 23 of the A89 autoroute .

coat of arms

Description : In blue a continuous golden common cross with a red crescent moon in the middle .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 95 124 77 93 79 84 85 98

Attractions

The Diège dam Barrage des Chaumettes is about three kilometers slightly to the north-west.

Individual evidence

  1. Barrage des Chaumettes on Structurae

Web links

Commons : Roche-le-Peyroux  - collection of images, videos and audio files