Queyssac-les-Vignes | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Queyssac-les-Vignes (Corrèze).svg |
Arrondissement: | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
Canton: | Midi Corrézien |
Insee: | 19170 |
Postal Code: | 19120 |
Mayor: | Jean-Louis Roche[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Midi Corrézien |
Coordinates: | 44.9669°N 1.7681°W |
Elevation M: | 310 |
Elevation Min M: | 134 |
Elevation Max M: | 343 |
Area Km2: | 11.13 |
Queyssac-les-Vignes (in French pronounced as /kɛsak le viɲ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Caissac las Vinhas) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
In the historical past, the village was under control of the Viscounty of Turenne, with a castle which they owned until the 13th century before it passed to other families.[2] The castle was rebuilt in 1545 in a renaissance style and survived until 1860 when it was demolished.[2] A tower remains.[2]
Its slopes grew grapes for wine up until the 1880's when phylloxera destroyed its main industry but a few vineyards remain growing grape for Vin paillé (straw wine) now classified as the Corrèze (AOC) wine region.[2]