Ussel (Cantal)

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Ussel
Ussel (France)
Ussel
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Cantal
Arrondissement Saint-Flour
Canton Murat
Community association Saint-Flour Community
Coordinates 45 ° 5 '  N , 2 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 5 '  N , 2 ° 56'  E
height 959-1,086 m
surface 10.34 km 2
Residents 479 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 15300
INSEE code
Website http://www.ussel.fr/

Saint-Julien church

Ussel ( Occitan : same name) is a French municipality with 479 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Flour .

geography

Ussel is located around 13 kilometers west-northwest of the small town of Saint-Flour south of the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Nature Park .

The Chervigieux, Luc d'Ussel and Ussel settlements as well as numerous individual farms belong to the municipality.

history

Historically, the municipality belongs to the Planèze region within the Auvergne. Ussel belonged to the District of Saint-Flour from 1793 to 1801. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton of Tanavelles and from 1801 to 2015 to the canton of Saint-Flour-Sud .

Part of the Aérodrome de Saint-Flour-Coltines airfield is located in the municipality of Ussel.

Population development

year 1821 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 644 396 344 314 321 400 437 463 482
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Julien village church (12th-15th centuries)
  • Church of La Tourette
  • Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours , Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Notre-Dame-des-Voyageurs prayer houses
  • Château d'Œillet castle
  • Bridge from Gallo-Roman times
  • Oven in Luc
  • several wayside crosses and a calvary

Individual evidence

  1. Sights ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ussel.fr
  2. Information about the castle ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cantalpassion.com

Web links

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