Végennes

Végennes is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Végennes
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Végennes
Végennes
Végennes
Coordinates: 44°58′59″N 1°44′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCorrèze
ArrondissementBrive-la-Gaillarde
CantonMidi Corrézien
IntercommunalitySud Corrézien
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Roselyne Poujade
Area
1
10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2017)[1]
181
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
19280 /19120
Elevation125–360 m (410–1,181 ft)
(avg. 270 m or 890 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Location

The commune is located in the south of the Corrèze department. The village borders the department of the Lot and the Occitanie region.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962224—    
1968242+8.0%
1975208−14.0%
1982200−3.8%
1990181−9.5%
1999182+0.6%
2008167−8.2%

History

In 856 at Veterinas, as Végennes was called, Rodolphe de Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges established a Benedictine settlement there.[2]:100[3] It would fail and he moved the settlement to Vellinus which he renamed Bellus Locus that eventually became Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.[2]:100

Notable persons
  • Jacques Ricard de Genouillac, dit Galiot de Genouillac - military and French diplomat during the Renaissance, died at Végennes on 15 October 1546[4]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Aubel, Francois. La Correze: Vallee de la Dordogne (in French). Martel: Editions du Laquet. p. 104. ISBN 2-91033377-9.
  3. Deloche, M (1859). Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Beaulieu, en Limousin (in French). Imprimerie Impériale. beaulieu-sur-dordogne.
  4. "Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Jacques Ricard de Genouillac dit Galiot de Genouillac". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-16.


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