Albignac
Commune
The church of Our Lady, in Albignac
Coat of arms
Albignac Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Albignac
Coordinates: 45°08′24″N 1°40′43″E / 45.1399°N 1.6785°E / 45.1399; 1.6785Coordinates: 45°08′24″N 1°40′43″E / 45.1399°N 1.6785°E / 45.1399; 1.6785
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Midi Corrézien
Intercommunality	Canton Beynat
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Alain Simonet
Area1	9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	245
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Albignac is a 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]

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

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

Neighbouring communes and towns^[2][edit]

Toponymy[edit]

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

It was called Albiniaco in 1095.

History[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

List of Successive Mayors of Albignac^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography[edit]

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]}

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

Population of Albignac

Sites and Monuments[edit]

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[edit]

• 
  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

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Corrèze department

External links[edit]

• 
  Community of communes of the Canton of Beynat (in French)
  


• Albignac on Lion1906


• Albignac on Google Maps


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  Albignac on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  


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  Albignac on the 1750 Cassini Map


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  Albignac on the INSEE website (in French)
  


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  INSEE (in French)
  

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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