Végennes | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Végennes (Corrèze).svg |
Arrondissement: | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
Canton: | Midi Corrézien |
Insee: | 19280 |
Postal Code: | 19120 |
Mayor: | Roselyne Poujade[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Midi Corrézien |
Coordinates: | 44.9831°N 1.7406°W |
Elevation M: | 270 |
Elevation Min M: | 125 |
Elevation Max M: | 360 |
Area Km2: | 10.11 |
Végennes (in French pronounced as /veʒɛn/; Occitan (post 1500);: Vegena) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
The commune is located in the south of the Corrèze department. The village borders the department of the Lot and the Occitanie region.
In 856 at Veterinas, as Végennes was called, Rodolphe de Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges established a Benedictine settlement there.[2] [3] It would fail and he moved the settlement to Vellinus which he renamed Bellus Locus that eventually became Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.[2]