Astaillac

Astaillac
The Chateau of Estresse
Coat of arms
Astaillac
Location within Limousin region  Astaillac
Coordinates: 44°57′09″N 1°49′56″E / 44.9525°N 1.8322°ECoordinates: 44°57′09″N 1°49′56″E / 44.9525°N 1.8322°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne
Intercommunality	Sud Corrézien
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Reynal
Area^1	7.35 km^2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	221
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	19012 / 19120
Elevation	128–306 m (420–1,004 ft) (avg. 202 m or 663 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.

Astaillac is a French commune in the Corrèze department in the Limousin region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Astaillacois or Astaillacoises.^[1]

Geography

Astaillac is located some 45 km south-east of Brive-la-Gaillarde and 15 km north by north-west of Saint-Céré. The eastern border of the commune is also the border between the departments of Corrèze and Lot. Access to the commune is by the D41 road from Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in the north passing through the east of the commune and continuing south-west to Liourdres. The D41E1 comes from the D153E south-west of Sioniac through the commune to the village and continues to the hamlet of La Plaine. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Conques, Le Soulie, La Plaine, and Cassagne. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[2]

The Dordogne river forms the eastern border of the commune except for a small area on the left bank which forms part of the commune. The Dordogne flows south and eventually joins the Garonne at Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg. Several streams rise in the commune and flow south-east to join the Dordogne: the Ruisseau de Ganissal, the Ruisseau de Fontanille, the Ruisseau de Laborie, and the Ruisseau de Coucoulogne which forms the western border of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Heraldry

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined Blazon: Azure, a chevron lopped of Or between 3 roquets the same.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Pierre Gaubet
2008	2012	Nicole Lescure
2012	2020	Bernard Reynal

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 221 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from 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
564	609	637	722	723	627	668	658	674

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
668	641	630	670	632	623	639	558	511

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
507	527	517	431	402	381	343	334	316

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
270	276	250	258	225	220	223	221	-

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

Sites and monuments

• The Chateau of Estresse (15th century) is registered as a historical monument.^[4]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Etienne contains a Bronze Bell (1571) which is registered as a historical object.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

External links

• Astaillac on the old IGN website (French)
• Astaillac on Google Maps
• Astaillac on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Astaillac on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Astaillac 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" allows, 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 (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00099657 Chateau of Estresse (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000011 Bronze Bell (French)