Aubazines

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Aubazines
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A general view of Aubazine
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Location of Aubazines
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Aubazines
Coordinates: 45°10′26″N1°40′16″E / 45.174°N 1.671°E / 45.174; 1.671
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton Midi Corrézien
Intercommunality CC Midi Corrézien
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Bernard Larbre [1]
Area
1
14.07 km2 (5.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
866
  Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
19013 /19190
Elevation126–522 m (413–1,713 ft)
(avg. 345 m or 1,132 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aubazines [3] (French pronunciation: [obazin] ; Occitan : Obasina), also spelled Aubazine, is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

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Geography

The gorges of the Coiroux. Coiroux gorges saut Bergere.JPG
The gorges of the Coiroux.

Aubazines is a commune in the Massif Central located some 10 km east by north-east of Brive-la-Gaillarde and 12 km south-west of Tulle. The D1089 highway passes through the north-west of the commune going from Malemort-sur-Corrèze to Tulle. However, access to the village is by the D130 branching off the D1089, going south to the village, and continuing south to Beynat. The D48 also goes east from the village to Le Chastang with the D48E branching off it in the east of the commune to go north to Cornil. The D14E1 also goes south-west from the village to join the D14. [4]

A railway line passes through the commune parallel to the D1089 and the station for Aubazines is at Aubazine-Saint-Hilaire station in the neighbouring commune Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux. The line is served by the TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine trains towards Brive-la-Gaillarde, Tulle, Ussel and Bordeaux.

The village is in the south of the commune on a promontory overlooking the Coiroux at a height of over 150 metres. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of: Pauliac Bas, Pauliac Haut, Villieres, Vergonzac, Le Varachou, Rochesseux, Chastagnol, Quatre Routes, and Les Vayres. The commune is mixed forest and farmland. [4]

The Corrèze river forms the north-western border of the commune as it flows south-west to join the Vézère west of Brive-la-Gaillarde. A number of streams rise in the commune to join the Corrèze including the Ruisseau de la Geinde, 2.7 km long, which rises near Quatre-Routes and flows north to join the Ruisseau de Brauze in Cornil commune which flows to the Corrèze, the Ruisseau Français, and the Canal des Moines which branches from the Coiroux. [4]

The lowest altitude of the commune is 126 metres in the west where the Corrèze leaves the commune. The highest points are 520 metres high on the Puy de Pauliac which dominates the area, and in the south-east next to Le Chastang near a place called la Jarouste.

Neighbouring communes and villages

[4]

History

The village of Aubazines, which had a church, became a commune in the French Revolution in 1790 through the dismantling of the parish of Cornil but it lacked Vital records until 1 March 1792. [5] [6]

Aubazines, formerly written Obazine, has its origin in the foundation of a monastery by Étienne de Vielzot in the 12th century. [7] [8] The monastery was affiliated shortly after to the Cistercian order. Very soon an associated convent of nuns was established in the village of Coyroux a few hundred metres away. The two monasteries existed until the Revolution. Formerly spelled Obazine the parish depended on Cornil.

The site of the monastic institutions and their dependencies have been the object of archaeological excavations and extensive studies in the last third of the 20th century under the direction of Professor of medieval history Bernadette Barrière.

Aubazine-Saint-Hilaire Railway Station

The village of Gare d'Aubazine, although located in the commune of Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux is an integral part of the history of Aubazines and of Dampniat than that of Saint-Hilaire.

The railway station was established at a place called Confolens however, as the station was primarily to serve Aubazines even though it was on the territory of the neighbouring commune, the council demanded a composite name. The railway acceded to the demand and the stop which was called Aubazine-Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux became Aubazine thereafter. Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux have their own stop at Pont Bonnel.

Before 1840, the date of the opening of Route nationale N89 (later D1089), there was nothing at the bottom of this valley other than the worn-out mills of: Confolens in Dampniat commune, Claredent in Aubazines commune, and Jayle in Malemort-sur-Corrèze commune, which were accessible only on narrow, bumpy, and steep slopes by goods wagons. Horses, mules, and donkeys circulated more often than carts.

The village, now called Gare d'Aubazine was rather poorly named. The SNCF station is located on the right bank of the Corrèze in the territory of Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux while the left bank belongs largely to Dampniat with the nearest village located 2 km away.

The Confolens bridge and paper mill added to progress together with the railway at the end of the 19th century and in 1912 the establishment of a railhead for the departmental tram line going to Turenne then Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne via Le Bosplos Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine completed this action. The Tacot (Jalopy) had disappeared by 1932, replaced by a bus and the agglomeration of the Gare d'Aubazine retained its thriving business. New houses were built and a school with two classes was opened for the children. Their parents climbed to Dampniat to learn to read.

In June 1944 maquisards destroyed the Claredent railway bridge, blocking a German armoured train and preventing convoys of equipment from the manufacture of weapons at Tulle from being quickly transported to their destination on the front or the Rhine.

Heraldry

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Arms of Aubazines
Blazon:

Party per pale, at first Gules, a sun in his splendour of Or with two mullets the same all posed in pale; at second Azure a crescent moon of Argent with two mullets the same all posed in pale.



Administration

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The Town Hall
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Lake Coiroux

List of Successive Mayors [9]

FromToNamePartyPosition
17991812Jean Leguerenne
18171819Jean-Baptiste Dejouvenel
18251825Pierre BrugeilleFarmer
18491852Aubin Pierre Louradour
18531865Aimard Epiphane Louradour
18701870Jean-Maxim BrugeilleNotary
1870Jean-Louis Auguste Lafon
18741876Jean-Baptiste Lavergne
18901944Jean-Baptiste LaumondRSNotary
18931893François Firmin DelmasLawyer
MP from 1928 to 1936
Magistrate of Andorra
19451959Raymond Bouillaguet
19591977Emile Bouy
19771995Léon Canard
19952020Jean-Pierre Chouzenoux PS

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubazinois or Aubazinoises in French. [10]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 746    
1800 849+1.86%
1806 771−1.59%
1821 865+0.77%
1831 921+0.63%
1836 921+0.00%
1841 907−0.31%
1846 920+0.29%
1851 971+1.08%
1856 973+0.04%
1861 984+0.23%
1866 913−1.49%
1872 913+0.00%
1876 946+0.89%
1881 939−0.15%
1886 992+1.10%
1891 975−0.35%
1896 977+0.04%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 883−2.00%
1906 911+0.63%
1911 970+1.26%
1921 839−1.44%
1926 808−0.75%
1931 806−0.05%
1936 901+2.25%
1946 752−1.79%
1954 704−0.82%
1962 677−0.49%
1968 669−0.20%
1975 642−0.59%
1982 673+0.68%
1990 788+1.99%
1999 732−0.82%
2007 807+1.23%
2012 907+2.36%
2017 914+0.15%
Source: EHESS [11] and INSEE [12]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has two structures that are registered as historical monuments:

Other sites of interest are:

Religious heritage

Two religious buildings are registered as historical monuments and one more contains historical objects:

Notable people linked to the commune

Philately

A Postage stamp with a value of 1.25 francs depicting the Abbey of Aubazines was issued on 18 February 1978. [70]

See also

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  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00099660 Stone circle (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00099659 Canal des Moines (in French)
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  20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000026 Statue: Sainte Marie-Madeleine (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000025 Statue: Nicodème (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000024 Group sculpture: Virgin and Saint John (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000585 Group sculpture: Setting on a Tomb (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  24. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00099658 Abbey Saint-Etienne (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000836 Group Sculpture: Saint Roch (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000023 Statuette: Virgin and child playing with a bird (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000022 Master Altar: Altar, seating, Tabernacle, Pedestal, Statue (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000021 3 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000020 Statue: Saint Etienne of Obazine (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000019 Group sculpture: Virgin of pity (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000018 Bas-relief: Saint Etienne Harding holding the habit of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000017 Bas-relief: Saint Etienne Harding, Abbot of Citeaux, granting the Charter of charity (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  33. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000016 Cabinet (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  34. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000015 Altar Cross (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  35. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000014 4 plates on a shrine (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  36. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000013 Reliquary cross (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  37. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000617 Statue: Saint Etienne of Obazine (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  38. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000616 Statue: Saint Etienne of Obazine (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  39. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000598 2 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  40. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000597 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  41. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000596 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  42. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000595 2 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  43. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000594 6 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  44. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000593 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  45. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000592 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  46. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000591 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  47. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000590 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  48. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000589 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  49. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000588 4 Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  50. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000587 Statue: Virgin (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  51. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000583 Pedestal (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  52. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000582 Statuette: Adoring angels (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  53. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000581 Tabernacle (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  54. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000580 3 Statues: (1 large 2 small) Christ between 2 angels (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  55. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000579 Altar, seating, altar tomb, altar exhibits (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  56. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000578 2 Bas-reliefs: Saint Etienne (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  57. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000543 Cabinet in the Sacristy (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  58. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000515 Bronze bell (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  59. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000514 Little bell (in French)
  60. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000513 Bronze bell (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  61. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000489 Reliquary Cross (double cross) (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  62. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000488 Monumental Painting: Virgin of pity) (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  63. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000487 25 Stained glass windows (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  64. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000486 Group of Stalls (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  65. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19001177 Statue: Saint John the Baptist (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  66. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19001176 Retable and Altar seating in the 2nd chapel in the south transept (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  67. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000835 Bas-relief: Arms of the Abbey of Aubazines (in French) Camera aabb.svg
  68. Chanel, Martine Marcowith, Weekend.be (in French)
  69. Register of Births No. 6 of 1878 on page 595 on the Departmental Archives of Corrèze website (in French)
  70. Stamps of France 1978 (in French)