Saint-Chamant (Corrèze)
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Corrèze | |
Arrondissement | Grommet | |
Canton | Argentat | |
Community association | Xaintrie Val'Dordogne | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 8 ′ N , 1 ° 54 ′ E | |
height | 180-487 m | |
surface | 14.05 km 2 | |
Residents | 486 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 19380 | |
INSEE code | 19192 |
Saint-Chamant is a French municipality with 486 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
The community is located in the Massif Central and is surrounded by extensive forests. The prefecture of the department, Tulle , is a good 14 kilometers northwest and Argentat ten kilometers southeast. At the municipal boundary between Forgès and Saint-Chamant, the Franche Valeine flows into the Souvigne .
Neighboring communities of Saint-Chamant are Saint-Bonnet-Elvert in the north, Argentat-sur-Dordogne with Argentat in the east, Neuville in the southwest, Albussac in the west and Forgès in the northwest.
coat of arms
Description : Three silver bars in green .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 605 | 665 | 617 | 560 | 513 | 511 | 511 | 491 |
Personalities
- André Malraux (1901–1976), French writer, lived in Saint-Chamant from 1943 to 1944
Attractions
- Church with a fortified tower
- Château de Soulages
Web links
Commons : Saint-Chamant - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Saint-Chamant on annuaire-mairie.fr
- Saint-Chamant on the website of the association of municipalities
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ccpaysargentat.fr/pdf/communes/saint-chamant.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.