Affieux

Affieux is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Affieux
Commune
The stream of Boulou
Coat of arms
Location of Affieux
Affieux Affieux
Coordinates: 45°31′07″N 1°46′05″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Tulle
Canton	Seilhac-Monédières
Intercommunality	Vézère-Monédières-Millesources
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Guy Germain
Area ^1	30.19 km^2 (11.66 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	359
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19001 /19260
Elevation	333–772 m (1,093–2,533 ft) (avg. 520 m or 1,710 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Affieucois or Affieucoises.[2]

The commune has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[3]

Geography

Affieux is located some 45 km south-east of Limoges (in a straight line). Access to the commune is by road D940 from Treignac in the north passing south through the east of the commune to Le Lonzac. The D20 road also comes from Treignac, changing to the D3E3 in the commune and passing through the village before continuing south-west to join the D3 south-west of the commune.[4]

The Vézère river forms the western and northern border of the commune with numerous streams criss-crossing the commune and flowing to this river. There is also a lake to the south of the town of Affieux.[4]

Localities and villages

• Affieux
• Les Rivieres
• La Louche
• La Gane
• Le Fargeau
• Espinet
• Le Peuch
• Marcilloux
• Merciel

Neighbouring Communes and Villages

Heraldry

Arms of Affieux

Blazon: Or, 3 escallops Vert 2 on 1, canton also of Or with 2 lions passant in Gules.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Affieux[5]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	Current	Guy Germain[6]

(Not all data is known)

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 774 —     1800 1,100 +5.15% 1806 1,153 +0.79% 1821 859 −1.94% 1831 990 +1.43% 1836 1,064 +1.45% 1841 1,041 −0.44% 1846 1,077 +0.68% 1851 968 −2.11% 1856 1,046 +1.56% 1861 1,013 −0.64% 1866 833 −3.84% 1872 937 +1.98% 1876 1,072 +3.42% 1881 986 −1.66% 1886 1,057 +1.40% 1891 1,075 +0.34% 1896 885 −3.82%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 884 −0.02% 1906 906 +0.49% 1911 839 −1.52% 1921 735 −1.31% 1926 675 −1.69% 1931 660 −0.45% 1936 664 +0.12% 1946 581 −1.33% 1954 567 −0.30% 1962 506 −1.41% 1968 432 −2.60% 1975 357 −2.69% 1982 356 −0.04% 1990 358 +0.07% 1999 349 −0.28% 2007 368 +0.66% 2012 369 +0.05% 2017 359 −0.55%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Chateau at le Peuch (16th century)[9]
• The Chateau de Maury (19th century)[10]
• A Chateau at Balème (17th century)[11]
• A Farmhouse at l'Allouche (1605)[12]
• A Chateau (1636)[13]
• Farmhouses (17th-20th centuries)[14]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (1874)[15]
• A Cemetery Cross (19th century)[16]
• A Monumental Cross (18th century)[17]
• Monumental Crosses (17th-20th centuries)[18]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Pardoux (1772)[19]

The Parish Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• An Altar tombstone, 2 altar seatings, the Altar, a winged Tabernacle, and exhibition dais (17th century)[20]
• A sun-shaped Monstrance (1819)[21]
• A Tombstone[22][23]
• A Flowered Vase (19th century)[24]
• A Flowered Vase (19th century)[25]
• A sun-shaped Monstrance (1819)[26]
• A Ciborium for the sick (19th century)[27]
• A Ciborium (1838)[28]
• A Paten (1838)[29]
• A Chalice with Paten (19th century)[30]
• A Chalice (1838)[31]
• A Statuette: Immaculate conception (18th century)[32]
• 2 Statues: Kneeling angels worshipping (17th century)[33]
• 2 Statues: Standing angels worshipping (17th century)[34]
• A Tabernacle (18th century)[35]
• Altar seating, Tabernacle and exhibition (18th century)[36]
• Altar tomb (18th century)[37]
• Secondary Altar: Altar, seating, and Tabernacle (18th century)[38]
• A Tabernacle Urn (1768)[39]
• 2 Statues: Saint Gilles and Saint Pardoux (1768)[40]
• An Altar Painting: The Assumption (1768)[41]
• The Retable architecture (1768)[42]
• A Baptismal font (13th century)[43]
• A Stoup (19th century)[44]

Notable People linked to the Commune

• Jean Alambre: a writer and composer in French and Occitan
• Élise Palaudoux (called Nataska): (1895-1985), a designer. Her designs were shown at the Museum of Art Brut or Outsider Art in Lausanne. A street in the commune of Cabestany (Pyrénées-Orientales), bears the name "Nataska".

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

Notes

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Annuaire Mairie (in French)
3. Affieux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
4. Google Maps
5. List of mayors of France (in French)
6. Prefecture website Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, consulted 20 August 2008
7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Affieux, EHESS. (in French)
8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029893 Chateau at Le Peuch (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029892 Chateau de Maury (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029890 Chateau at Balème (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA0002988990 Farmhouse at l'Allouche (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029886 Chateau (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029883 Farmhouses (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029891 Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029888 Cemetery Cross (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029887 Monumental Cross (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029884 Monumental Crosses (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00029885 Parish Church of Saint-Pardoux (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19001142 Altar tombstone, 2 altar seatings, the Altar, a winged Tabernacle, and exhibition dais (in French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19001119 Sun-shaped Monstrance (in French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000886 Tombstone (in French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM19000785 Tombstone (in French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000885 Flowered Vase (in French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000884 Flowered Vase (in French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000883 Sun-shaped Monstrance (in French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000882 Ciborium for the sick (in French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000881 Ciborium (in French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000880 Paten (in French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000879 Chalice with Paten (in French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000878 Chalice (in French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000877 Statuette: Immaculate conception (in French)
33. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000876 2 Statues: Kneeling angels worshipping (in French)
34. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000875 2 Statues: Standing angels worshipping (in French)
35. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000874 Tabernacle (in French)
36. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000873 Altar seating, Tabernacle and exhibition (in French)
37. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000872 Altar tomb (in French)
38. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000871 Secondary Altar: Altar, seating, and Tabernacle (in French)
39. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000870 Tabernacle Urn (in French)
40. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000869 2 Statues: Saint Gilles and Saint Pardoux (in French)
41. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000868 Altar Painting: The assumption (in French)
42. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000867 Retable architecture (in French)
43. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000865 Baptismal font (in French)
44. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM19000864 Stoup (in French)

External links

• Affieux on the old IGN website (in French)
• Affieux on Lion1906
• Affieux on the 1750 Cassini Map