Rilhac-Xaintrie

Rilhac-Xaintrie is a commune in the Corrèze department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Rilhac-Xaintrie
Coat of arms
Location of Rilhac-Xaintrie
Rilhac-Xaintrie
Rilhac-Xaintrie
Coordinates: 45°10′04″N 2°11′53″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCorrèze
ArrondissementTulle
CantonArgentat
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Laurence Dumas
Area
1
25.31 km2 (9.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
300
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
19173 /19220
Elevation264–653 m (866–2,142 ft)
(avg. 639 m or 2,096 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962493    
1968537+8.9%
1975509−5.2%
1982439−13.8%
1990383−12.8%
1999330−13.8%
2006317−3.9%
2009324+2.2%

Etymology

The town first appears in charters in the eleventh century, as Rialiaco.

Sights

The castle, dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, is a historical site; however, the nineteenth-century building which adjoins it is not protected.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Notice de la Base Mérimée (site in French), accessed August 26, 2008.



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