Albussac

Albussac is located south-west of the Massif Central about 500m above sea level. It has an oceanic climate with temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 30 °C in summer and 9 °C in winter with periods of frequent cold waves in January and February (often -10 to -12 °C at sunrise and no more than 3 °C to 0 °C at 3pm). Albussac has regular snowfalls in winter with 20 cm of snow common.

The Roanne has its source in the commune.

Albussac is located some 100 km south-east of Limoges and 20 km east of Brive-la-Gaillarde. It can be accessed by the D921 road which comes from Beynat in the west and continues east through the commune and the village and continues to Saint-Chamant. There is also the D87 road branching off the D940 just south of Sainte-Fortunade and coming through the northern border of the commune and south-east to the village. There is a network of country roads in the commune and numerous hamlets and villages. These are:

The Ruisseau de la Font Blanc rises in the south of the commune which flows north gathering several tributaries and joining the Ruisseau de Rochette flowing from the west continuing north-east to join the Valeine at the edge of the commune. The Valeine also flows from the west north of the village gathering numerous tributaries in the commune and continuing to the east. There is also the Ruisseau de Mejeu forming part of the northern border flowing east to join the Souvigne. In the west an unnamed stream flows north-west forming the western border of the commune and joins the Ruisseau de la Grande.

Heraldry

Arms of Albussac

Blazon: Gules, a chevron of Or over a crescent Argent, in chief azure with three mullets of six points in Or.

List of Successive Mayors of Albussac[4]

(Not all data is known)

• The Church of Saint Martin (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.[5] The Church contains two items which are registered as historical objects:
  • A Cross: Christ on the Cross (Middle Ages)[6]
  • A Bronze Bell (1625)[7]
• The Murel Waterfall
• A Lime tree called "Sully" is more than 400 years old and one of the last in the Limousin region.
• Roche de Vic is a former Gallic oppidum that dominated the region.

• Yvon Bourdet, writer. He evoked Albussac in his book: In Praise of Patois or the Itinerary of an Occitan
• Emmanuel Berl, journalist and essayist, lived in the town during the Second World War at a place called La Malmaurie with his wife, the singer Mireille

• Communes of the Corrèze department
• Cantons of the Corrèze department
• Arrondissements of the Corrèze department

• Albussac on the old National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Albussac on Lion1906
• Albußac on the 1750 Cassini Map

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