Bort-les-Orgues

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Commune of Bort-les-Orgues Châteaux de Vals, Bort-les-Orgues
Location
Longitude	2.5°
Latitude	45.4°
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	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 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

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).