Ussel (Corrèze)

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Ussel
Ussèl
Coat of arms of Ussel
Ussel (France)
Ussel
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Canton Ussel (main town)
Community association Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates 45 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 19'  E
height 588-781 m
surface 50.37 km 2
Residents 9,736 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 193 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 19200
INSEE code 19275
Website www.ussel19.fr

Ussel: church square
La Borde Castle

Ussel ( Occitan Ussel [ ysel, Vyse ]) is a French municipality with 9736 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Corrèze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it is the administrative seat of the arrondissement of Ussel and the canton of Ussel (until 2015 of the two cantons of Ussel-Est and Ussel-Ouest ).

geography

Ussel is located in the Massif Central on one of the outermost foothills of the Plateau de Millevaches on the Diège and Sarsonne rivers . The city is on the RN 89 that connects Bordeaux to Lyon via Clermont-Ferrand . Through traffic was removed from the city with the construction of the A89 autoroute .

The municipality is associated with the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park .

coat of arms

Description : In blue a right golden door with black fittings accompanied by three five-pointed golden stars .

Population development

  • 1962: 07994
  • 1968: 08464
  • 1975: 10.664
  • 1982: 11,765
  • 1990: 11,448
  • 1999: 10,753
  • 2016: 09782

Attractions

  • Château de Diège (castle)
  • Maison de l'Enfant

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Connected to the city

Web links

Commons : Ussel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files