Orliac-de-Bar

Orliac-de-Bar
Commune

Coat of arms
Orliac-de-Bar
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Orliac-de-Bar
Coordinates: 45°21′42″N 1°48′06″E / 45.3617°N 1.8017°E / 45.3617; 1.8017Coordinates: 45°21′42″N 1°48′06″E / 45.3617°N 1.8017°E / 45.3617; 1.8017
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Tulle
Canton Naves
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Élie Bousseyrol
Area1 14.97 km2 (5.78 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 264
  Density 18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 19155 /19390
Elevation 268–528 m (879–1,732 ft)
(avg. 428 m or 1,404 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.

Orliac-de-Bar is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962260    
1968289+11.2%
1975253−12.5%
1982273+7.9%
1990234−14.3%
1999227−3.0%
2008264+16.3%

Places and monuments

Village

The Church of Saint-Laurent of Orliac-de-Bar is quoted in historical writings from the 12th century, but was rebuilt in the 15th century. It is endowed with a Gothic portal and treasures classified as historical monuments: The bells, the baroque tabernacle from the 17th century with wings in gilded wood, the statue of the Madonna of Pity of the fifteenth century, the reliquary and the shrine.

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