Sarroux

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Sarroux
Sarroux (France)
Sarroux
local community Sarroux-Saint Julien
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Coordinates 45 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 26'  E
Post Code 19110
Former INSEE code 19252
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée
Website www.sarroux.com

Saint Barthélemy Church

Sarroux ( Sarron in Occitan ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Sarroux-Saint Julien with 446 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

geography

Sarroux is located in the Massif Central to the west of the Bort-les-Orgues dam and therefore not far from the border with the Cantal department .

Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is about 75 kilometers southwest, Ussel about 20 kilometers northwest and Bort-les-Orgues about 7 kilometers slightly southeast.

Neighboring municipalities of the municipality of Sarroux were Monestier-Port-Dieu in the north, Beaulieu in the northeast, Lanobre in the east, Bort-les-Orgues in the southeast, Bort-les-Orgues in the southeast and Saint-Julien-près-Bort in the southwest and west.

traffic

The place is about 25 kilometers southeast of exit 23 of the A89 autoroute .

history

The area around Sarroux shows traces of settlement since the Neolithic Age . Gallic - Roman cult sites such as the nearby Margerides testify to a lively exchange between these cultures during antiquity . A church has been documented in Sarroux since 507 and a minting workshop was established in this place in the 7th century. Until the great bloodletting caused by the Hundred Years' War and the plague in the 14th century, the region's population had grown steadily, so the Knights von Bort built the Château Pierrefitte to protect the region in the 15th century . But world historical events such as the French Revolution and the two world wars had a negative impact on the development of Sarroux. With the construction of the Bort-les-Orgues dam in 1952, the municipality then lost important agricultural land, roads, rail links and important buildings, but in return it gained great tourist attraction.

On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Sarroux merged with Saint-Julien-près-Bort to form the Commune nouvelle Sarroux-Saint Julien and has been part of this municipality ever since.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 451 426 375 361 362 379 428 439

Attractions

  • The Château de Pierrefitte , a secular building from the 15th century, has been classified as a Monument historique since March 19, 1927 .
  • The Saint-Barthélémy church , a sacred building from the 8th century.
  • The 860 meter high Puy de Bort with its basalt "organs", a rock formation of 80 to 100 m high volcanic needles , with a hiking trail and viewpoint.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sarroux.com/geographie_137.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.sarroux.com/histoire_126.htm
  3. ↑ Entry no. PA00099887 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ http://www.sarroux.com/l_eglise_132.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.carnetdebort.org/orgues-de-bort.htm

Web links

Commons : Sarroux  - collection of images, videos and audio files