Ambazac
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Ambazac | ||
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 The town hall in Ambazac | ||
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  Ambazac  Ambazac | ||
| Coordinates: 45°57′30″N 1°24′03″E / 45.9583°N 1.4008°ECoordinates: 45°57′30″N 1°24′03″E / 45.9583°N 1.4008°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Limoges | |
| Canton | Ambazac | |
| Intercommunality | Élan Limousin Avenir Nature | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2015-2020) | Stéphane Ché | |
| Area 1 | 57.83 km2 (22.33 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 5,628 | |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87002 /87240 | |
| Elevation | 243–666 m (797–2,185 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. | ||
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Ambazac (Occitan: Embasac) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Personalities[edit]
- Maurice Boitel, painter artist, he painted in Ambazac between 1947 et 1996
- Raymond Desèze, barrister and member of the Académie française
- Canon Landon, épigraphist and Latinist, priest of Ambazac
- Catherine Cesarsky, astrophysicist
- Albert Besson, bacteriologist
Partner Communities[edit]
Eckental (Germany), since 1987
Soufflenheim (Alsace)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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