Payzac, Dordogne

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Coordinates: 45°24′06″N 1°13′07″E / 45.4016666667, 1.21861111111

Commune of Payzac
Coat of arms of Payzac
Location
Payzac, Dordogne (France)
Payzac, Dordogne
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Canton Lanouaille
Statistics
Elevation 236 m–374 m
(avg. 334 m)
Land area¹ 47.72 km²
Population²
(1999)		 1,041
 - Density 21/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 2432/ 24270
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

Payzac is a commune in the Dordogne département of France. Its population in 1999 was 1,041 making it the largest commune in the canton and is the few in the department which is larger than the canton seat.

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[edit] Population

Year Population Density Percent of the canton
1853 2,417[1] - -
1962 1,308 - -
1968 1,407 - -
1975 1,308 - -
1982 1,205 - -
1990 1,106 - -
1999 1,041 21/km² -

[edit] History

The commune was written as Peisac, Peyzac, Paysac and since the late-19th century: Payzac. The official name Payzac replaced the older name Payzac-de-Lanouaille in 1961.

During the French Revolution on Friday August 23, 1793, the communes of Boisseuilh, Coubjours, Génis, Payzac, Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes, Saint Mesmin, Salagnac, Savignac, Saint-Trié (Sainte-Trie) and Teillots were detached from the Corrèze department, and reunited to the Dordogne department.

The commune is well known for its Rugby team "l'USPS" (lit. Payzac-Savignac Sporting Union), champion of France 3 in 2000 and in the Périgord-Agenais "regional honor promotion league" in 2007/2008.

[edit] Mayors

A partial list of lords and mayors of Payzac:

  • Jean I of Châtillon, count of Penthièvre, viscount of Limoges, lord of Payzac
  • -1453: Jean de l'Aigle, viscount of Limoges, lord of Payzac
  • 1453-1455: Guillaume de Châtillon, count of, viscount of Limoges, lord of Payzac
  • 1455-1481: Françoise de Châtillon, countess of Périgord, viscountess of Limoges, dame (lady) of Paysac
  • 1481-1516: Jean d'Albret, king of Navarre, count of Périgord, viscount of Limoges, lord of Payzac
  • 1516-1555 - Henri d'Albret, king of Navarre, count of Périgord, viscount of Limoges, lord of Payzac
  • 1555-?: Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarre, countess of Périgord, viscountess of Limoges, lady of Paysac
  • ?-1609: Henry IV, king of France and Navarre, count of Périgord, viscount of Limoges, lord of Paysac
  • 1713-1741: François du Mas de Paysac, lord marquess of Paysac
  • 1741-?: Joseph-François du Mas de Paysac, lord marquess of Paysac
  • ?-1789: Charles-Odet du Mas de Paysac, lord marquess of Paysac
  • 1790s: Coustillas, mayor
  • February 1800: Degrassat
  • June 6, 1811: Jean-Baptiste Eyssartier
  • September 30, 1815: Lajugie-Larnaudie
  • April 1817: Leonard Rupin
  • August 9, 1832: Pierre Coustillas
  • May 15, 1852: Piere Joussein
  • February, 1875-?: Pierre Joussein
  • July 1899 - 1911: Gustave le Clare
  • 1908-: Dr. Dupinet
  • 1919-1945: Charles le Clere
  • mid-20th century: Feuillard
  • 2001-2008: François le Clere
  • 2008-2014: Jean-Michel Lamassiaude

[edit] Miscellaneous

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Payzac was the birthplace of:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et modernecontenant tout ce qu'il est ... (Ancient And Modern Geographic Dictionary) - Page 683 by Achille Meissas, Jean Charles Auguste Michelot - 1854 - 946 pages

[edit] External links

Communes of the Canton of Lanouaille
Angoisse | Dussac | Lanouaille | Nanthiat | Payzac | Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes | Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil | Sarlande | Sarrazac | Savignac-Lédrier
France | Aquitaine | Dordogne | Arrondissement of Nontron | Canton of Lanouaille
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