Ambrugeat

Ambrugeat
Spring flowers in Ambrugeat
Coat of arms
Ambrugeat
Location within Limousin region  Ambrugeat
Coordinates: 45°31′38″N 2°07′07″E / 45.5272°N 2.1186°ECoordinates: 45°31′38″N 2°07′07″E / 45.5272°N 2.1186°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Ussel
Canton	Meymac
Intercommunality	Ussel-Meymac-Haute-Corrèze
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Michel Saugeras
Area^1	29.57 km^2 (11.42 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	205
• Density	6.9/km^2 (18/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	19008 / 19250
Elevation	614–972 m (2,014–3,189 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.

Ambrugeat (Occitan: Ambrujac) is a French commune in the Corrèze department in the Limousin region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ambrugeacois or Ambrugeacoises^[1]

Geography

Ambrugeat is located some 80 km south-east of Limoges and immediately to the west of Meymac. It can be accessed by the D76 road from Meymac which continues through the village then south-west to join the D16 north of Égletons. There is also the D123 minor road running north off the D76 passing through the western part of the commune. The D76E also runs off the D76 to the south-east to join the D36 road. The commune is largely forested with some farmland.^[2]

The village lies on the north-western shore of the Lac de Sechemaille whose shores form the eastern border at this point. Several streams rise in the commune and flow into the lake such as the Ruisseau de la Nauche, the Ruisseau de Laubard, and the Ruisseau des Farges. Other streams flow south through the western part of the commune to form the Ruisseau de Sautere.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

History

• 1308: The Bishop of Saint Leonard de Noblat put an end to quarrels between the two Ambrugeat priests.
• 1370: the entire Barsanges land was attached to the parish of Ambrugeat.
• 1436: Pierre de Coux was pastor prior for Ambrugeat.
• 1453: King Charles VII heightened Ambrugeat castle.
• 1502: Hugues de Beynette founded a vicarage at the altar of the Virgin and a community of fifteen priests were moved to Beynat in Ambrugeat.
• 1554: François Granier was prior of Ambrugeat.
• 1558: a survey of the commune was carried out.
• 1592: King Henry IV was supported by the lord of Ambrugeat.
• 1598: research was done on the titles of the nobility of Ambrugeat.
• 1599: Murat Antoine was Curé of Ambrugeat
• 1647: Gilbert du Boucheron sells the rental property rights for the high, low, and middle for the village of Besse in Ambrugeat.

Heraldry

Blazon: Or, three lions gules posed 2 and 1.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1983	1995	Roger Brette
1995	2008	Jean-Claude Niéras	PCF
2008	2020	Michel Saugeras

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 205 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
625	592	704	716	793	791	837	912	947

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
978	1,025	1,018	1,019	1,021	1,060	1,188	1,125	1,144

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
1,108	1,109	1,074	950	871	875	927	614	365

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
305	270	204	192	184	216	-	205	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse (1) at Laubard (1802)^[4]
• A Farmhouse (2) at Laubard (1811)^[5]
• A Bread Oven at Laubard (19th century)^[6]
• A Bread Oven at Lassagne (19th century)^[7]
• A Farmhouse at Lafond^[8] (1663).^[9] The Farmhouse contains a pair of Andirons with hobs (19th century) which are registered as an historical object.^[10]
• A Farmhouse at Besse (1662)^[11]
• The Chateau of Ambrugeat (16th century)^[12] is at the entrance to the town. It was built as a fortified farm in 1448 by Charles VII.
• Mills (18th-19th century)^[13]
• Farmhouses (17th-20th century)^[14]

Other sites of interest

• A very old Stone Trough attached to the Chassagnac house at Beynat.^[15] Marius Vazeilles, a local scholar, said that the washing-trough is very old.^[16]
• In the same village, there are two other notable troughs. The second is located in the bread oven, a very old construction in the Madesclaire-Aumarchad house. The third is on the terrace of the Cheze Sailly Chassagnac families' house. This trough, in granite, has a diameter of 0.90 m and a height of 0.95 m round and is entirely hand carved. It is clearly a very old piece of undeniable archaeological value.

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Calvary of Besse (1623)^[17]
• A Monumental Cross at Laubard (17th century)^[18]
• A Monumental Cross at Lassagne (20th century)^[19]
• A Monumental Cross at Besse (1623)^[20]
• A Monumental Cross (1899)^[21]
• A Presbytery (19th century)^[22]
• The Parish Church of Saint Salvy and Saint Martin (13th century) ^[23] with its triangular gabled bell tower and three arched bays from the 16th century is at the centre of the village. Inside the church behind the altar is a large altarpiece from the 18th century.
• Monumental Crosses (17th-20th century)^[24]

The Parish Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the Church^[25]
• 2 Bronze Bells (1784)^[26][27]
• A Commemorative plaque: obituary of Gilbert du Boucheron (1660)^[28]
• 2 Decorative Vases (19th century)^[29][30]
• A Processional Banner (19th century)^[31]
• An Ex-voto of the House of Lorette (19th century)^[32]
• A Reliquary-Monstrance of Saint Vincent de Paul (1865)^[33]
• A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century)^[34]
• A Ciborium (1819-1838)^[35]
• 3 Patens (19th century)^[36][37][38]
• 2 Chalices (1819-1838)^[39][40]
• A Statue: Saint Salvy (19th century)^[41]
• A Statue: Saint Salvy (15th century)^[42]
• A Statue: Virgin and child (19th century)^[43]
• A Statuette: Saint Theresa of Lisieux (20th century)^[44]
• A Sacristy Cross: Christ on the Cross (19th century)^[45]
• 2 Statues: Saint Martin and Saint Salvy (18th century)^[46]
• A Baptismal font enclosure (18th century)^[47]
• The Saint Salvy Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, and Retable (17th century)^[48]
• The Virgin Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, and Retable (17th century)^[49]
• The main Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, Retable, and Altar paintings (17th century)^[50]
• A Capital (13th century)^[51]

Picture Gallery

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  Church of St. Eloi and St. Martin

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  Lintel from the 17th century (Mazaud House at Besse)

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  Altar from the 18th century

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  Besse hamlet cross

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  Besse Cross (detail)

Notable people linked to the commune

• Martial Brigouleix, a resistance fighter born on 24 April 1903 at Ambrugeat and shot on 2 October 1943 at Mont-Valerien
• André Desassis (known as "Darius"), a resistance fighter born in 1920 in the village of Lassagne and died in April 1944 after an unpleasant imprisonment at Limoges. He set up contact with Georges Guingouin as a basis for the first FTP (Francs-tireurs et partisans) troops. A monument was erected to his memory on the town square in Ambrugeat and a ceremony is held every Easter Monday to recall his commitment: in particular the National Association of Veterans of the Resistance (ANACR) and the mayor of the commune.
• Bernard Mazaud, painter and former resistance fighter

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

External links

• Ambrugeat on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Ambrugeat on Lion1906
• Ambrugeat on Google Maps
• Ambrugeat on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Ambrugeas on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Ambrugeat on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Corrèze (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030197 Farmhouse (1) at Laubard (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030198 Farmhouse (2) at Laubard (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030200 Bread Oven at Laubard (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030196 Bread Oven at Lassagne (French)
8. The village is spelled with a "d". There are several spellings (Lafond, Lafon, Lafont). Almost all the people prefer and write Lafont which refers to the town fountain where formerly they would fetch water every day.
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030194 Farmhouse at Lafond (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000349 Pair of Andirons (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030192 Farmhouse at Besse (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030189 Chateau (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030186 Mills (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030185 Farmhouses (French)
15. On 8 August 2010 a party was organized for the development of the trough.
16. He wrote: "I do not know of another similar except at Feyssaguet in Saint-Setiers but that stone trough is circular where the one at Beynat is rectangular."
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00099651 Calvary at Besse (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030199 Monumental Cross at Laubard (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030195 Monumental Cross at Lassagne (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030193 Monumental Cross at Besse (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030191 Monumental Cross (French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030190 Presbytery (French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030188 Parish Church of Saint Salvy and Saint Martin (French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00030187 Monumental Crosses (French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19001326 Furniture in the Church (French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000348 Bronze Bell (French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000347 Bronze Bell (French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000346 Commemorative plaque: obituary of Gilbert du Boucheron (French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000345 Decorative Vase (French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000344 Decorative Vase (French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000343 Processional Banner (French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000342 Ex-voto of the House of Lorette (French)
33. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000341 Reliquary-Monstrance of Saint Vincent de Paul (French)
34. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000340 Sunburst Monstrance (French)
35. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000339 Ciborium (French)
36. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000338 Paten (French)
37. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000337 Paten (French)
38. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000336 Paten (French)
39. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000335 Chalice (French)
40. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000334 Chalice (French)
41. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000333 Statue: Saint Salvy (French)
42. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000332 Statue: Saint Salvy (French)
43. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000331 Statue: Virgin and child (French)
44. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000330 Statue: Saint Theresa of Lisieux (French)
45. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000329 Sacristy Cross: Christ on the Cross (French)
46. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000328 2 Statues: Saint Martin and Saint Salvy (French)
47. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000327 Baptismal font enclosure (French)
48. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000326 Saint Salvy Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, and Retable (French)
49. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000325 Virgin Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, and Retable (French)
50. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000324 Virgin Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, Retable, and Altar paintings (French)
51. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000323 Capital (French)