Meymac
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Limousin |
Department | Corrèze |
Arrondissement | Ussel |
Canton | Meymac (chief town) |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Ussel - Meymac - Haute-Corrèze |
Mayor | Serge Vialle (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 593 m–973 m |
Land area¹ | 87,15 km² |
Population² (1999) |
2 627 |
- Density | 30/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 19136/ 19250 |
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. | |
Meymac is a commune of the Corrèze département, in France.
During the Hundred Years' War it was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando.
[edit] External links
- (French) Meymac and the Mont Bessou, its observation tower, photos of the panorama and the surroundings