Curemonte

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Coordinates: 44°59′60″N 1°44′27″E / 44.999919, 1.740904

Commune of Curemonte

Location
Curemonte (France)
Curemonte
Administration
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton Meyssac
Intercommunality Villages du Midi Corrézien
Mayor Jean-Claude Raynal
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 143 m (avg.)
Land area¹ 8.83 km²
Population²
(1999)
225
 - Density 26/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 19067/ 19500
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Curemonte is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

It is a mediaeval village characterised by its 3 castles. In a fortified position on a ridge overlooking a valley on both its eastern and western flanks, the village has historically had a strategic importance in the area.

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