Bort-les-Orgues
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Commune of Bort-les-Orgues Châteaux de Vals, Bort-les-Orgues |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 2.5° |
| Latitude | 45.4° |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Limousin |
| Département | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Ussel |
| Canton | Bort-les-Orgues (chief town) |
| Mayor | Nathalie Delcouderc-Juillard (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 403 m–788 m (avg. 437 m) |
| Land area¹ | 15.07 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
3,534 |
| - Density (1999) | 235/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19028/ 19110 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Bort-les-Orgues is a small town and commune of the Corrèze département, in the Limousin région of France.
[edit] Geography
Bort-les-Orgues is situated on the Dordogne River.
[edit] Sights
Bort-les-Orgues takes is name from "Les Orgues", an organ-shaped old volcano at the foot of which it lies.
Another touristic feature is the medieval Château de Vals, emerging from the side of a lake created by a high dam built on the river.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Bort-les-Orgues was the birthplace of the philosopher Jean-François Marmontel (1723-1799).
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