Millevaches

Millevaches
Commune

Coat of arms
Millevaches
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Millevaches
Coordinates: 45°38′32″N 2°05′46″E / 45.6422°N 2.0961°E / 45.6422; 2.0961Coordinates: 45°38′32″N 2°05′46″E / 45.6422°N 2.0961°E / 45.6422; 2.0961
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Ussel
Canton Plateau de Millevaches
Intercommunality Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Sylvie Prabonneau
Area1 11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 91
 • Density 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 19139 /19290
Elevation 800–956 m (2,625–3,136 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.

Millevaches (Occitan: Miuvachas) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Geography

Location

The commune located in the Massif Central, part of the Regional Natural Park of the Millevaches in Limousin. The village of Millevaches is distinguished by at least two characteristics. The first is that it is the highest commune of the whole Limousin, perched between 890 and 920 meters above sea level. The second is that it is located on the dividing watershed between the tributaries of the Loire and those of the Dordogne. To the north, it is Vienne which takes its source about 4 km from the village, to the south, the Vézère, the Luzège and the Triouzoune are just three to five kilometres away.

Toponymy

The commune, yet among the least populated of the area in question, gave its name to the plateau of Millevaches.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962105—    
1968113+7.6%
197586−23.9%
198279−8.1%
199076−3.8%
199982+7.9%
200891+11.0%

History

Church

In 1048, the Viscount of Aubusson ceded the locality of Millevaches to the Abbey of Uzerche. The village is mentioned in the cartulary of this abbey in 1145 and 1146 in the latinised form Millevacas.

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