Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat

Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat (Occitan: Sent Iriès) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Commune
The church in Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Coordinates: 45°27′27″N 1°58′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCorrèze
ArrondissementUssel
CantonÉgletons
IntercommunalityVentadour
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Noël Faugeras
Area
1
40.33 km2 (15.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
344
 • Density8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
19249 /19300
Elevation534–876 m (1,752–2,874 ft)
(avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology

Saint Yrieix (Aredius), who died in 591, was a contemporary of Gregory of Tours. In Attanum he founded a monastery that is the source of the walled city of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. He went to the tomb of St. Julien Brioude and brought the relics, and he went very often to pray at the tomb of St. Martin at Tours. He also built churches in honor of various saints he had gone for the relics.

Under the French Revolution, to follow a decree of the Convention, the town changed its name to Yrieix le Déjalat.

Mayors

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962509—    
1968512+0.6%
1975461−10.0%
1982448−2.8%
1990423−5.6%
1999392−7.3%
2008405+3.3%

Sights
  • Site de Franchesse
  • Maison-Forte de Montamar
  • Cascades des Pradeleix
  • Croix sur la place (I.S.)

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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