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Affieux
The stream of Boulou
The stream of Boulou
Coat of arms of Affieux
Coat of arms
Location of Affieux
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCorrèze
ArrondissementTulle
CantonTreignac
IntercommunalityVézère Monédières
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2020) Guy Germain
Area
1
30.19 km2 (11.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
372
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
19001 /19260
Elevation333–772 m (1,093–2,533 ft)
(avg. 520 m or 1,710 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Affieucois or Affieucoises.[1]

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

Geography

Affieux is located some 45 km south-east of Limoges (in a straight line). Access to the commune is by road D940 from Treignac in the north passing south through the east of the commune to Le Lonzac. The D20 road also comes from Treignac, changing to the D3E3 in the commune and passing through the village before continuing south-west to join the D3 south-west of the commune.[3]

The Vézère river forms the western and northern border of the commune with numerous streams criss-crossing the commune and flowing to this river. There is also a lake to the south of the town of Affieux.[3]

Localities and villages

  • Affieux
  • Les Rivieres
  • La Louche
  • La Gane
  • Le Fargeau
  • Espinet
  • Le Peuch
  • Marcilloux
  • Merciel

Neighbouring Communes and Villages

Heraldry

Arms of Affieux
Arms of Affieux
 Blazon:

Or, 3 escallops Vert 2 on 1, canton also of Or with 2 lions passant in Gules.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Affieux[4]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2020 Guy Germain[5]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 372 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] [Note 2]

Template:Table Population Town

Population of Affieux

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Chateau at le Peuch (16th century)[6]
  • The Chateau de Maury (19th century)[7]
  • A Chateau at Balème (17th century)[8]
  • A Farmhouse at l'Allouche (1605)[9]
  • A Chateau (1636)[10]
  • Farmhouses (17th-20th centuries)[11]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (1874)[12]
  • A Cemetery Cross (19th century)[13]
  • A Monumental Cross (18th century)[14]
  • Monumental Crosses (17th-20th centuries)[15]
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Pardoux (1772)[16]

The Parish Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • An Altar tombstone, 2 altar seatings, the Altar, a winged Tabernacle, and exhibition dais (17th century)[17]
  • A sun-shaped Monstrance (1819)[18]
  • A Tombstone[19][20]
  • A Flowered Vase (19th century)[21]
  • A Flowered Vase (19th century)[22]
  • A sun-shaped Monstrance (1819)[23]
  • A Ciborium for the sick (19th century)[24]
  • A Ciborium (1838)[25]
  • A Paten (1838)[26]
  • A Chalice with Paten (19th century)[27]
  • A Chalice (1838)[28]
  • A Statuette: Immaculate conception (18th century)[29]
  • 2 Statues: Kneeling angels worshipping (17th century)[30]
  • 2 Statues: Standing angels worshipping (17th century)[31]
  • A Tabernacle (18th century)[32]
  • Altar seating, Tabernacle and exhibition (18th century)[33]
  • Altar tomb (18th century)[34]
  • Secondary Altar: Altar, seating, and Tabernacle (18th century)[35]
  • A Tabernacle Urn (1768)[36]
  • 2 Statues: Saint Gilles and Saint Pardoux (1768)[37]
  • An Altar Painting: The Assumption (1768)[38]
  • The Retable architecture (1768)[39]
  • A Baptismal font (13th century)[40]
  • A Stoup (19th century)[41]

Notable People linked to the Commune

  • Jean Alambre: a writer and composer in French and Occitan
  • Élise Palaudoux (called Nataska): (1895-1985), a designer. Her designs were shown at the Museum of Art Brut or Outsider Art in Lausanne. A street in the commune of Cabestany (Pyrénées-Orientales), bears the name "Nataska".

See also

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 [1], 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.
  2. ^ In the census table and the graph, by convention in Wikipedia, and to allow a fair comparison between five yearly censuses, the principle has been retained for subsequent legal populations since 1999 displayed in the census table and the graph that shows populations for the years 2006, 2011, 2016, etc., as well as the latest legal population published by INSEE

References

  1. ^ Annuaire Mairie Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ Affieux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Template:Fr icon
  3. ^ a b Google Maps
  4. ^ List of mayors of France Template:Fr icon
  5. ^ Prefecture website, consulted 20 August 2008
  6. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029893 Chateau at Le Peuch Template:Fr icon
  7. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029892 Chateau de Maury Template:Fr icon
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029890 Chateau at Balème Template:Fr icon
  9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA0002988990 Farmhouse at l'Allouche Template:Fr icon
  10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029886 Chateau Template:Fr icon
  11. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029883 Farmhouses Template:Fr icon
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029891 Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Template:Fr icon
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029888 Cemetery Cross Template:Fr icon
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029887 Monumental Cross Template:Fr icon
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029884 Monumental Crosses Template:Fr icon
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029885 Parish Church of Saint-Pardoux Template:Fr icon
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19001142 Altar tombstone, 2 altar seatings, the Altar, a winged Tabernacle, and exhibition dais Template:Fr icon
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19001119 Sun-shaped Monstrance Template:Fr icon
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000886 Tombstone Template:Fr icon
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000785 Tombstone Template:Fr icon
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000885 Flowered Vase Template:Fr icon
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000884 Flowered Vase Template:Fr icon
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000883 Sun-shaped Monstrance Template:Fr icon
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000882 Ciborium for the sick Template:Fr icon
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000881 Ciborium Template:Fr icon
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000880 Paten Template:Fr icon
  27. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000879 Chalice with Paten Template:Fr icon
  28. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000878 Chalice Template:Fr icon
  29. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000877 Statuette: Immaculate conception Template:Fr icon
  30. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000876 2 Statues: Kneeling angels worshipping Template:Fr icon
  31. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000875 2 Statues: Standing angels worshipping Template:Fr icon
  32. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000874 Tabernacle Template:Fr icon
  33. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000873 Altar seating, Tabernacle and exhibition Template:Fr icon
  34. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000872 Altar tomb Template:Fr icon
  35. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000871 Secondary Altar: Altar, seating, and Tabernacle Template:Fr icon
  36. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000870 Tabernacle Urn Template:Fr icon
  37. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000869 2 Statues: Saint Gilles and Saint Pardoux Template:Fr icon
  38. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000868 Altar Painting: The assumption Template:Fr icon
  39. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000867 Retable architecture Template:Fr icon
  40. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000865 Baptismal font Template:Fr icon
  41. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000864 Stoup Template:Fr icon
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