Royères

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Coordinates: 45°50′58″N 1°25′52″E / 45.84944, 1.43111

Commune of Royères

Location
Royères (France)
Royères
Administration
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Limoges
Canton Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
Intercommunality CC de Noblat
Mayor Martine Tandeau de Marsac
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 235 m–484 m
(avg. 365 m)
Land area¹ 17.42 km²
Population²
(1999)
795
 - Density 45/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 87129/ 87400
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

Royères (Occitan: Roiéra) in a French commune in the Haute-Vienne département of the Limousin région.

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[edit] History

Royères was the birth place of the Dominican inquisitor, Bishop of Lodève and prolific author Bernardo Gui, circa 1261.

[edit] Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 795. On 1 January 2006, the estimate was 819.

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