Millevaches Explained

Millevaches
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Millevaches (Corrèze).svg
Arrondissement:Ussel
Canton:Plateau de Millevaches
Insee:19139
Postal Code:19290
Mayor:Sylvie Prabonneau[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates:45.6422°N 2.0961°W
Elevation Min M:800
Elevation Max M:956
Area Km2:11.54

Millevaches (in French pronounced as /milvaʃ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Miuvachas) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Geography

Location

The commune located in the Massif Central, part of the Regional Natural Park of the Millevaches in Limousin. The village of Millevaches is distinguished by at least two characteristics. The first is that it is the highest commune of the whole Limousin, perched between 890 and 920 meters above sea level. The second is that it is located on the dividing watershed between the tributaries of the Loire and those of the Dordogne. To the north, it is Vienne which takes its source about 4 km from the village, to the south, the Vézère, the Luzège and the Triouzoune are just three to five kilometres away.

Toponymy

The commune, yet among the least populated of the area in question, gave its name to the plateau of Millevaches.

Population

History

In 1048, the Viscount of Aubusson ceded the locality of Millevaches to the Abbey of Uzerche. The village is mentioned in the cartulary of this abbey in 1145 and 1146 in the latinised form Millevacas.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.