Rilhac-Xaintrie

Rilhac-Xaintrie
Coat of arms
Rilhac-Xaintrie
Location within Limousin region  Rilhac-Xaintrie
Coordinates: 45°10′04″N 2°11′53″E / 45.1678°N 2.1981°ECoordinates: 45°10′04″N 2°11′53″E / 45.1678°N 2.1981°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Tulle
Canton	Saint-Privat
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Laurence Dumas
Area^1	25.31 km^2 (9.77 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	324
• Density	13/km^2 (33/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	19173 / 19220
Elevation	264–653 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	493	—
1968	537	+8.9%
1975	509	−5.2%
1982	439	−13.8%
1990	383	−12.8%
1999	330	−13.8%
2006	317	−3.9%
2009	324	+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.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. Notice de la Base Mérimée (site in French), accessed August 26, 2008.