Ambazac
Ambazac | |
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 The town hall in Ambazac | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Ambazac  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Limoges |
| Canton | Ambazac |
| Intercommunality | Monts d'Ambazac et du Val du Taurion |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Élisabeth Maciejowski |
| Area 1 | 57.83 km2 (22.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 5,270 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/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. | |
Ambazac (Occitan: Embasac) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France.
Personalities
- 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
Eckental (Germany), since 1987
Soufflenheim (Alsace)
See also
References
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