Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Corrèze | |
Arrondissement | Grommet | |
Canton | Argentat | |
Community association | Xaintrie Val'Dordogne | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 5 ' N , 2 ° 4' E | |
height | 243-563 m | |
surface | 15.83 km 2 | |
Residents | 90 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 6 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 19220 | |
INSEE code | 19205 | |
Website | www.st-geniez-o-merle.com | |
Mairie (Town Hall) |
Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle is a French municipality with 90 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
The municipality is located in the Massif Central , northeast of the Hautefage reservoir (French: Barrage de Hautefage ) and is traversed by the Maronne . Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 40 kilometers northwest and Argentat 10 kilometers west and Aurillac im Cantal about 42 kilometers southeast.
Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle are Saint-Privat in the north, Saint-Cirgues-la-Loutre in the northeast, Cros-de-Montvert in the southeast, Goulles and Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle in the south, Sexcles in the southwest, Hautefage in the west and Servières-le-Château in the northwest.
coat of arms
Description : In gold with black Merle tablets sown a red crenellated tower with two tagbelichteten windows and a door opening.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 133 | 187 | 169 | 180 | 135 | 116 | 105 | 92 |
Attractions
- Barrage de Hautefage , a reservoir on the Maronne , used as a hydroelectric power station by the Électricité de France .
- Ruins of the Château de Merle from the 12th and 14th centuries, classified as a monument historique since 1927
Web links
- The church on the Internet
- Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle on annuaire-mairie.fr
- The Château de Merle on lacorreze.com