Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat explained

Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat (Corrèze).svg
Arrondissement:Ussel
Canton:Égletons
Insee:19249
Postal Code:19300
Mayor:Romain Chaumeil[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Ventadour - Égletons - Monédières
Coordinates:45.4575°N 1.9725°W
Elevation M:750
Elevation Min M:534
Elevation Max M:876
Area Km2:40.33

Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃.t‿iʁjɛ lə deʒala/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sent Iries lo Desjalat) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

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

List of successive mayors! Term !! Name !! Party
2001–2014 Yves Maison Socialist Party
2014–2020 Noël Faugeras
2020–incumbent Romain Chaumeil

Population

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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.