Saint-Germain-Lavolps

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Saint-Germain-Lavolps
Sent German
Coat of arms of Saint-Germain-Lavolps
Saint-Germain-Lavolps (France)
Saint-Germain-Lavolps
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Canton Plateau de Millevaches
Community association Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 37 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  E
height 639-856 m
surface 21.89 km 2
Residents 87 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 4 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19290
INSEE code 19206

Saint-Germain-Lavolps ( Sent German in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 87 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants call themselves the Saint-Germains or the Saint-Germaines.

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 département, is located about 65 kilometers southwest, Égletons about 30 kilometers southwest and Ussel about 10 kilometers southeast.

Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Germain-Lavolps are Bellechassagne in the north, Saint-Rémy in the northeast and Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux in the east, Chaveroche in the southeast, Alleyrat in the south, Meymac in the southwest, Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois in the west as well Sornac in the northwest.

The place is on the right bank of the Diège , a right tributary of the Dordogne .

traffic

The place is about 15 kilometers northwest of exit 23 of the A89 autoroute .

coat of arms

Description : The coat of arms is square in blue and gold , in fields 1 and 4 a gold right door with black fittings accompanied by three five-pointed stars , in the other fields three red bars beginning with gold.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 128 94 82 82 99 93 92 87

Attractions

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  • The Saint-Germain-d'Auxerre church , a religious building from the 12th century.
  • The 17th century castle of Saint-Germain-Lavolps .

Web links

Commons : Saint-Germain-Lavolps  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les communes du PNR de Millevaches en Limousin (PDF; 124 kB)
  2. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR74/IA00030124/index.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR74/IA00030123/index.htm