Astaillac

Astaillac (French pronunciation: [astajak]; Occitan: Astalhac) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Astaillac
Commune
The Chateau of Estresse
The Chateau of Estresse
Coat of arms of Astaillac
Coat of arms
Location of Astaillac
Astaillac is located in France
Astaillac
Astaillac
Astaillac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Astaillac
Astaillac
Coordinates: 44°57′09″N 1°49′56″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCorrèze
ArrondissementBrive-la-Gaillarde
CantonMidi Corrézien
IntercommunalityCC Midi Corrézien
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Reynal[1]
Area
1
7.35 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
213
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
19012 /19120
Elevation128–306 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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Astaillacois or Astaillacoises.[3]

Toponymy

There are two possibilities for the origin of the commune's name and both originate as a person's name who owned the area. As a Gallo-Roman domain of Astilus a Latin name and -iacum, the possession of Astilusiacum.[4]: 17  Another theory is that it originates as Stalliacus, the domain of Stallius in the vicaria of Ascanensi (Puy-d'Arnac).[4]: 17 

The village name changed over the centuries, Astaliaco (860), Staliacus (882), Astilico (917), Astiliaco (10th), Astalhac (1315), and Estailhat (1687).[4]: 17 

History

In 860, Rodolphe of Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges, donated Astaillac, its church and lands to the monastery he founded at Beaulieu sur Dordogne.[5] Initially the domain of the Benedictine order, in 1072 Pope Urban II donated it to the Abbey of Cluny when the Abbey Of Beaulieu was brought under the latters control.[6]

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.[7]

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.[7]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[7]

Heraldry
Arms of Astaillac
Arms of Astaillac
 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[8]

FromToName
20012008Pierre Gaubet
20082012Nicole Lescure
20122026Bernard Reynal

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 232 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 564—    
1800 609+1.10%
1806 637+0.75%
1821 722+0.84%
1831 723+0.01%
1836 627−2.81%
1841 668+1.27%
1846 658−0.30%
1851 674+0.48%
1856 668−0.18%
1861 641−0.82%
1866 630−0.35%
1872 670+1.03%
1876 632−1.45%
1881 623−0.29%
1886 639+0.51%
1891 558−2.67%
1896 511−1.74%
1901 507−0.16%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 527+0.78%
1911 517−0.38%
1921 431−1.80%
1926 402−1.38%
1931 381−1.07%
1936 343−2.08%
1946 334−0.27%
1954 316−0.69%
1962 270−1.95%
1968 276+0.37%
1975 250−1.40%
1982 258+0.45%
1990 225−1.70%
1999 220−0.25%
2007 219−0.06%
2012 220+0.09%
2017 232+1.07%
2020 213−2.81%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[10]

Sites and monuments
  • The Chateau of Estresse (15th century) is registered as a historical monument.[11]
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Etienne contains a Bronze Bell (1571) which is registered as a historical object.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Inhabitants of Corrèze (in French)
  4. Lavalade, Yves (2017). Les Noms de Lieux du Pays de Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne. Editions de L'Esperluette. ISBN 979-10-90784-67-3.
  5. Beaunier, Benedictine monk, fl. 1726 (1905). Archives de la France monastique (in French). Internet Archive. Ligugé, Abbaye St. Martin. p. 220.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Evans, Joan (1971). The Romanesque architecture of the order of Cluny (in French). Internet Archive. New York: AMS Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-404-02358-4.
  7. Google Maps
  8. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  9. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Astaillac, EHESS (in French).
  10. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00099657 Chateau of Estresse (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000011 Bronze Bell (in French)

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