Saint-Germain-Lavolps
Saint-Germain-Lavolps Sent German |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Corrèze | |
Arrondissement | Ussel | |
Canton | Plateau de Millevaches | |
Community association | Haute-Corrèze Communauté | |
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
- The Saint-Germain-d'Auxerre church , a religious building from the 12th century.
- The 17th century castle of Saint-Germain-Lavolps .
Web links
- Saint-Germain-Lavolps on annuaire-mairie.fr
- Saint-Germain-Lavolps on the website of the municipal association