Noailles, Corrèze
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Location of Noailles | |
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| Coordinates: 45°06′14″N 1°31′25″E / 45.1039°N 1.5236°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
| Canton | Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche |
| Intercommunality | CA Bassin de Brive |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Brucy[1] |
Area 1 | 12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 945 |
| • Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19151 /19600 |
| Elevation | 151–315 m (495–1,033 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Noailles (French pronunciation: [nɔaj]; Occitan: Noalhas) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
Geography
Location
The commune, part of the urban area of Brive-la-Gaillarde, is located in the lower south of the Correze department, south of the Brive Basin, north of Causse de Martel. The location of the A20 autoroute nearby gives direct access to Brive 8 km away, via the Exit 52 interchange.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 358 | — |
| 1968 | 360 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 383 | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 515 | +34.5% |
| 1990 | 648 | +25.8% |
| 1999 | 756 | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 810 | +7.1% |
Local culture and heritage
Places and monuments
Château
The current château sits in a park behind a stone wall Its dates back to the 14th century and was the home of the Dukes of Noailles.[3] It has a main building with two towers with machicolations attached to it.[3] It was burnt down in 1789 and rebuilt in the 1800s by Alexis de Noailles.[3] The main buildings are windows decorated with pediments and pinnacles with medallions and angels.[3] The dormer windows are from other châteaux, Jugeals and La Fage, and date from 16th century.[3]
Église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Noailles
Its former name was the Collégiale Sainte-Catherine.[3] The original church building originated in 12th and 13th centuries and then restored again during 15th and 16th centuries.[3][4] It has a tall Limousin-style bell tower and a five-sided Romanesque apse.[3] The capitals on the small columns in the choir have been carved in scriptural scenes.[3] The tabernacle contains Limousin enamels and the church has two enamelled reliquaries containing relics from Saints Eutrope and Eustelle all from the 13th century.[3] It also has a painting by Claude Gillot called Les Apprêts de la crucifixion (Instruments of the Crucifixion).[3]
Nearby
Abîme de la Fage
The cave system is part of the Corrézien Causses, a limestone plateau.[3] It was discovered in 1961.[5] The cave galleries are divided into two sections and are visited one after another.[3] These caves are accessed via staircase inside a large sinkhole created after the collapse of the vault.[3] The caves contain columns, stalactites, stalagmites', pools and an organ room.[3] Prehistoric bones from the ice age have been excavated from the cave in the past.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Latta, Claude (1996). Le guide de la Corrèze. Internet Archive. Lyon: La Manufacture. pp. 247–248. ISBN 978-2-7377-0403-1.
- ^ Dordogne Berry Limousin. Internet Archive. Clermont-Ferrand ; Watford : Michelin. 2006. ISBN 978-2-06-711924-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Histoire de Brive et de sa région. Internet Archive. [Paris] : Univers de la France ; Toulouse : Privat. 1991. p. 25. ISBN 978-2-7089-8274-1.
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