Alleyrat, Corrèze Explained

Alleyrat
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Alleyrat (Corrèze).svg
Arrondissement:	Ussel
Canton:	Plateau de Millevaches
Insee:	19006
Postal Code:	19200
Mayor:	Serge Peyraud^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates:	45.5778°N 2.2156°W
Elevation M:	750
Elevation Min M:	654
Elevation Max M:	844
Area Km2:	14.76

Alleyrat (in French pronounced as /alɛʁa/; Occitan (post 1500);: Alairac) is a commune in the Corrèze department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Geography

Alleyrat is located 8 km north-east of Meymac, 11 km north-west of Ussel, and 13 km south of Sornac. Access to the commune is by the D102 road, which runs off the D30 west of the commune and passes south-east through the village to join the D57 road in the east. The D57 also passes through the commune in the south from east to west where it joins the D30 just north of Meymac. Apart from the village there are a number of hamlets. These are: Enclisse, Ceppe, Le Soulier, Roumignac, and La Chassagne. The commune is about equally split between forest and farmland.^[2] The commune is part of the Regional Natural Park of Millevaches in Limousin.

The river Triouzoune flows south along the western border gathering a number of tributaries which rise in the commune before continuing south to join the Dordogne. Numerous streams rise in the commune - mostly to join the Triouzoune - but some flow east to join the river Diège.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Joseph Ledieu
2008	2026	Serge Peyraud

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alleyratois or Alleyratoises in French.^[4]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at La Virolle (1815)^[5]
• A Farmhouse at Lespinasse (1811)^[6]
• A Farmhouse at Ceppe (1859)^[7]
• A Fountain (18th century)^[8]
• Mills (19th century)^[9]
• Farmhouses (19th century)^[10]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Church of Saint Pierre (14th century)^{[11] [12] [13]}
• The Wayside Cross of Saint John (17th century)^[14]
• Monumental Crosses (17th and 20th centuries)^[15]

The Church of Saint Pierre contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the Church^[16]
• Part of the Cenotaph (Late Middle Ages)^[17]
• A Bronze bell (1877)^[18]
• 2 Altar vases^[19]
• A Processional Banner (1892)^[20]
• A Processional Banner (19th century)^[21]
• A Handbell (19th century)^[22]
• A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century)^[23]
• A Sunburst Monstrance (1819-1838)^[24]
• A Ciborium (1798-1809)^[25]
• A Chalice (19th century)^[26]
• A Paten (1798-1809)^[27]
• A Bust-Reliquary: Saint Pierre (17th century)^[28]
• A Statuette: Saint Pierre (18th century)^[29]
• A Statuette: Virgin and child (18th century)^[30]
• A Statuette: Virgin and child (18th century)^[31]
• A Monumental Painting in the vault of the choir (18th century)^[32]
• A Low Sideboard (18th century)^[33]
• A Pulpit (19th century)^[34]
• A Baptismal font (12th century)^[35]
• An Altar and Tabernacle (18th century)^[36]
• An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (18th century)^[37]

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

External links

• Alleyrat on the National Geographic Institute website
• Alleyrat on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
• Alleyrat on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Alleyrat,+France/@45.5618781,2.2216309,6381m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f83524a876a26b:0x405d39260ee7880?hl=en Google Maps
3. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=24150 List of Mayors of France
4. https://www.habitants.fr/correze-19 Le nom des habitants du 19 - Corrèze
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