Bassignac-le-Bas
Commune
Coat of arms
Bassignac-le-Bas Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Bassignac-le-Bas
Coordinates: 45°01′12″N 1°51′12″E / 45.02°N 1.8533°E / 45.02; 1.8533Coordinates: 45°01′12″N 1°51′12″E / 45.02°N 1.8533°E / 45.02; 1.8533
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Tulle
Canton	Argentat
Intercommunality	Community of communes of Canton de Mercœur
Government
• Mayor (2001–2020)	Jean-Pierre Lasserre
Area1	12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	90
• Density	7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19017 /19430
Elevation	145–517 m (476–1,696 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 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.

Bassignac-le-Bas is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bassignacois or Bassignacoises.^[2]

Geography[edit]

Bassignac-le-Bas is located some 30 km south-east of Brive-la-Gaillarde and 10 km south-west of Argentat. Access to the commune is by the D116 which comes from Argentat in the north-east and passes along the riverbank through the commune before continuing south to join the D940 at Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne. The D41 from Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne to La Chapelle-Saint-Géraud passes through the south-west of the commune. The D136 comes from Brivezac across the river and passes through the commune eastwards to join the D41 in the east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Vaurs, Recoudier, Le Peuch, Culagne, Chaviolle, La Gendrie, Le Gasquet, Brette, and La Laurie in the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[3][4]

The Dordogne river forms the western and northern borders of the commune as it flows south to eventually join the Garonne at Bayon-sur-Gironde. The Ruisseau de la Borie flows from a small lake in the east of the commune westwards to join the Dordogne. The Ruisseau de Layssot forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Dordogne. The Ruisseau de Chauvac forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Dordogne.^[3][4]

History[edit]

Bassignac-le-Bas appears as Baßignac le Bas on the 1750 Cassini Map^[5] and as Bafignac leBas on the 1790 version.^[6]

Heraldry[edit]

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Azure, 3 bends of Or, a canton bendy of Or and Gules of 12.

Administration[edit]

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

(Not all data is known)

Demography[edit]

In 2010 the commune had 90 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes 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 Bassignac-le-Bas

Culture and heritage[edit]

Religious heritage[edit]

The Parish Church of Saint Martin contains three items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue: Sainte Fauste (15th century)^[9]
  


• A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (15th century)^[10]
  


• A Bronze Bell (1611)^[11]
  

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Corrèze department

Notes and references[edit]

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References[edit]

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