Albussac

Albussac

The church in Albussac

Coat of arms
Albussac

Coordinates: 45°08′20″N 1°50′11″E / 45.1389°N 1.8364°E / 45.1389; 1.8364Coordinates: 45°08′20″N 1°50′11″E / 45.1389°N 1.8364°E / 45.1389; 1.8364
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Tulle
Canton Argentat
Intercommunality Pays d'Argentat
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2020) Raymond Raoul
Area1 36.26 km2 (14.00 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 688
 • Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 19004 / 19380
Elevation 240–637 m (787–2,090 ft)
(avg. 350 m or 1,150 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.

Albussac is a French commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

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

The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[2]

Geography

Albussac is located south-west of the Massif Central about 500m above sea level. It has an oceanic climate with temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 30 °C in summer and 9 °C in winter with periods of frequent cold waves in January and February (often -10 to -12 °C at sunrise and no more than 3 °C to 0 °C at 3pm). Albussac has regular snowfalls in winter with 20 cm of snow common.

The Roanne has its source in the commune.

Albussac is located some 100 km south-east of Limoges and 20 km east of Brive-la-Gaillarde. It can be accessed by the D921 road which comes from Beynat in the west and continues east through the commune and the village and continues to Saint-Chamant. There is also the D87 road branching off the D940 just south of Sainte-Fortunade and coming through the northern border of the commune and south-east to the village. There is a network of country roads in the commune and numerous hamlets and villages. These are:

  • Aubiat
  • Bedaine
  • Chanterel
  • Chastrusse
  • Jassat
  • La Commanderie
  • La Salesse
  • Lachaud
  • Lafage
  • Laumond
  • Laverne
  • Le Bros-Bas
  • Le Bros-Haut
  • Le Mas
  • Les Quatre-Routes
  • Madelbos
  • Malmaury
  • Prezat
  • Roche-de-Vic
  • Roussanne
  • Teillol

The Ruisseau de la Font Blanc rises in the south of the commune which flows north gathering several tributaries and joining the Ruisseau de Rochette flowing from the west continuing north-east to join the Valeine at the edge of the commune. The Valeine also flows from the west north of the village gathering numerous tributaries in the commune and continuing to the east. There is also the Ruisseau de Mejeu forming part of the northern border flowing east to join the Souvigne. In the west an unnamed stream flows north-west forming the western border of the commune and joins the Ruisseau de la Grande.

Neighbouring communes and villages

 Le Chastang Lagarde-Enval Saint-Sylvain
Beynat Saint-Chamant
   Albussac  
Serilhac Neuville Argentat

Heraldry

 Blazon:

Gules, a chevron of Or over a crescent Argent, in chief azure with three mullets of six points in Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Albussac[3]

From To Name Party Position
1803 1806 Jean Chastrusse
Aymard Dancie
Gabriel-Noël Bourdet
Jean-Baptiste Bourdet
1844 1862 Jean-Baptiste Chastrusse
1873 1879 Jean-Baptiste Désiré Naudoux
1879 1890 François Nugon
1911 Jules Nugon
2001 2020 Raymond Raoul

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 688 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]

Population Change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
1,068 1,116 1,068 1,270 1,294 1,355 1,336 1,389 1,359
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
1,403 1,444 1,335 1,414 1,400 1,332 1,466 1,391 1,537
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
1,401 1,497 1,460 1,191 1,227 1,183 1,149 1,038 1,007
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 -
925 851 790 718 739 668 - 688 -

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

Sites and Monuments

Notable People linked to the commune

See also

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ↑ 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 on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

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