Alleyrat, Corrèze

Alleyrat (French pronunciation: [alɛʁa]; Occitan: Alairac) is a commune in the Corrèze department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Alleyrat
Commune
The old School
Coat of arms
Location of Alleyrat
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Coordinates: 45°34′40″N 2°12′56″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Ussel
Canton	Plateau de Millevaches
Intercommunality	Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Peyraud[1]
Area 1	14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	103
• Density	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19006 /19200
Elevation	654–844 m (2,146–2,769 ft) (avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Alleyrat is located 8 km north-east of Meymac, 11 km north-west of Ussel, and 13 km south of Sornac. Access to the commune is by the D102 road, which runs off the D30 west of the commune and passes south-east through the village to join the D57 road in the east. The D57 also passes through the commune in the south from east to west where it joins the D30 just north of Meymac. Apart from the village there are a number of hamlets. These are: Enclisse, Ceppe, Le Soulier, Roumignac, and La Chassagne. The commune is about equally split between forest and farmland.^[3]

The commune is part of the Regional Natural Park of Millevaches in Limousin.

The river Triouzoune flows south along the western border gathering a number of tributaries which rise in the commune before continuing south to join the Dordogne. Numerous streams rise in the commune - mostly to join the Triouzoune - but some flow east to join the river Diège.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Alleyrat

Blazon: Or, a bend azure charged with 3 garden lilies of argent stalked and leaved the same posed in bend.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Joseph Ledieu
2008	2026	Serge Peyraud

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alleyratois or Alleyratoises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	130	—
1975	102	−3.41%
1982	83	−2.90%
1990	96	+1.84%
1999	99	+0.34%
2007	103	+0.50%
2012	100	−0.59%
2017	98	−0.40%
Source: INSEE[6]

Alleyrat War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• A Farmhouse at La Virolle (1815)^[7]
• A Farmhouse at Lespinasse (1811)^[8]
• A Farmhouse at Ceppe (1859)^[9]
• A Fountain (18th century)^[10]
• Mills (19th century)^[11]
• Farmhouses (19th century)^[12]

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Pierre

A Monumental Cross at Alleyrat

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

• The Church of Saint Pierre (14th century)^[13][14][15]
• The Wayside Cross of Saint John (17th century)^[16]
• Monumental Crosses (17th and 20th centuries)^[17]

The Church of Saint Pierre contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the Church^[18]
• Part of the Cenotaph (Late Middle Ages)^[19]
• A Bronze bell (1877)^[20]
• 2 Altar vases^[21]
• A Processional Banner (1892)^[22]
• A Processional Banner (19th century)^[23]
• A Handbell (19th century)^[24]
• A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century)^[25]
• A Sunburst Monstrance (1819-1838)^[26]
• A Ciborium (1798-1809)^[27]
• A Chalice (19th century)^[28]
• A Paten (1798-1809)^[29]
• A Bust-Reliquary: Saint Pierre (17th century)^[30]
• A Statuette: Saint Pierre (18th century)^[31]
• A Statuette: Virgin and child (18th century)^[32]
• A Statuette: Virgin and child (18th century)^[33]
• A Monumental Painting in the vault of the choir (18th century)^[34]
• A Low Sideboard (18th century)^[35]
• A Pulpit (19th century)^[36]
• A Baptismal font (12th century)^[37]
• An Altar and Tabernacle (18th century)^[38]
• An Altar, Retable, and Tabernacle (18th century)^[39]

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department