Tarnac

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Tarnac
Tarnac
Tarnac coat of arms
Tarnac (France)
Tarnac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Grommet
Canton Plateau de Millevaches
Community association Vézère-Monédières-Millesources
Coordinates 45 ° 41 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E
height 533-878 m
surface 67.46 km 2
Residents 339 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 5 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19170
INSEE code 19265

Tarnac ( Tarnac in Occitan ) is a French municipality with 339 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants call themselves Tarnacois (es).

geography

The municipality is located in the Massif Central on the Plateau de Millevaches and thus also in the Regional Nature Park Millevaches en Limousin at an altitude of 715 meters. The place is on the left bank of the upper reaches of the Vienne , a left tributary of the Loire . Tulle , the prefecture of the department, is located about 60 kilometers southwest, Égletons about 40 kilometers south and Ussel about 40 kilometers southeast.

Neighboring communities of Tarnac are Faux-la-Montagne in the north, Peyrelevade in the east, Meymac in the southeast, Saint-Merd-les-Oussines in the southeast, Bugeat in the south, Toy-Viam and Viam in the west and Rempnat in the northwest.

history

The name Tarnac comes from the Celtic - Roman language area and designates the homestead (Celtic suffix: acum) and the owner of this property, Tarinus, the homestead of Tarinus. The name already bears witness to a long history of settlement, which is proven as early as the first century BC by 27 burial mounds between the Puy Besseau and the Grands-Champs . The existence of the place itself can be proven in documents from the Carolingian period under the form in centena Tarninense in the year 832 and under the form in vicaria cujum est vocabulum Tarnacensem in the year 871.

coat of arms

Description : Three silver merlettes in red , ermine in the upper right quarter .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 681 546 506 472 403 356 327 327

Attractions

Church Saint-Gilles-Saint-Georges
  • The Saint-Gilles-Saint-Georges church , a religious building from the 12th century. The building, one of the oldest churches in the region, has been classified as a Monument historique since 1919 .
  • The 18th century Saint-Georges fountain
  • A lion statue from the 2nd or 3rd century. The figure has been classified as a Monument historique since 2006
  • A castle from the 17th century.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les communes du PNR de Millevaches en Limousin (PDF; 124 kB)
  2. ↑ Guy Lintz, Carte archéologique de la Gaule - La Corrèze , Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres, Paris, 1992
  3. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR74/IA00029825/index.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR74/IA00029831/index.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=REF&VALUE_98=PM19001325
  6. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR74/IA00029826/index.htm