Albignac

The church of Our Lady, in Albignac

Coat of arms

Albignac

Location within Limousin region

Albignac

Coordinates: 45°08′24″N 1°40′43″E / 45.1399°N 1.6785°ECoordinates: 45°08′24″N 1°40′43″E / 45.1399°N 1.6785°E

Country

Limousin

Beynat

Canton de Beynat

Government

• Mayor (2008–2020)

Alain Simonet

Area¹

9.74 km² (3.76 sq mi)

Population (2010)²

244

• Density

25/km² (65/sq mi)

INSEE/Postal code

19003 / 19190

Elevation

154–509 m (505–1,670 ft)
(avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Albignac is a French commune in the Corrèze department in the Limousin region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albussacois or Albussacoises^[1]

Geography

Albignac is located some 15 km east of Brive-la-Gaillarde and 20 km south by south-east of Saint-Germain-les-Vergnes. Access to the commune from the south is by the D175 road which branches from the D921 east of Lanteuil. The D175 goes to the village of Albignac then continues north to the hamlet of La Borie and joins the D130 inside the commune. The D130 enters the commune from Aubazine in the north by a circuitous route through La Viallard and exiting the commune in the south-east towards Fontourcy. The D14 road also runs from north to south inside the western side of the commune. There is an extensive network of country roads in the commune. The commune is mixed farmland and forest.^[2]

A number of streams cross the commune feeding into the Roanne with the Donjou stream traversing the commune from east to west into the Roanne river which forms both the western and southern borders of the commune. The Roanne flows north into the Correze river at Confolens.^[2]

Hamlets

There are a substantial number of hamlets in the commune. These are:

Auzelou
Bayle
Boisgrand
la Borie
la Borie-Blanche
le Bournazel
Chantegril
la Crozade
l'Evescat
Flaugeat
le Juge
Miallet
Ombinat
Pierrefiche
Plainefage
le Prieur
Puy-de-Bayle
Quicolagne
Rhode
la Rivière
les Sautes
la Tronche
la Verde
le Viallard
la Voûte

Neighbouring communes and towns^[2]

Coignac

Aubazine

Palazinges

Germane

Eyzat

Albignac

Lanteuil

Montredon

Beynat

Toponymy

Albignac comes from the Latin name of a man called Albinus or Albinius.

It was called Albiniaco in 1095.

History

The 11th century Albignac had a priory which belonged to the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-la-Cluse in Piedmont. In the 15th century the priory depended on the Coyroux Priory at Aubazine.

In the 12th century, Albignac depended on the Viscount of Gimel.

Heraldry

	Blazon: Azure, a cross of Or at 1 and 4 a roundel the same, at 2 and 3 a tusk of a boar argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Albignac^[3]

From	To	Name
1865	1870	Jean-Barthélémi Juin Lamiraudie
2001	2008	Jean-Pierre Brousse
2008	2020	Alain Simonet

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 244 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Evolution of the Population (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
545	567	568	626	629	618	636	667	681

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
665	592	565	530	557	559	547	520	501

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
506	477	476	391	359	348	353	297	329

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
285	260	226	255	263	258	252	244	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and Monuments

The capital of the Church

The Door of the church from the 13th century

The Church of Notre-Dame (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[4] It has a bell tower, nave, choir, capitals, and bas-reliefs in stone. It contains several items which are registered as historical objects:
- An Altar, 2 banks of Altar seating, Tabernacle, and Console (19th century)^[5]
- A Capital converted to a Stoup (12th century)^[6]
- A Bronze Bell (1601)^[7]

Remains from Prehistory and Antiquity
Tower of the old priory with a monumental spiral staircase

Notable People linked to the commune

Jean-Baptiste Laumond, (born at Albignac on 22 August 1865 and died 18 November 1957 in Aubazine), Mayor of Aubazine, councilor general, MP, Provost of Andorra

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

↑ Inhabitants of Correze (French)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00099644 Church of Notre-Dame (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000787 Altar, 2 banks of Altar seating, Tabernacle, and Console (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000001 Capital converted to a Stoup (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000512 Bronze Bell (French)

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Communes of the Corrèze department

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