Astaillac

Astaillac (French pronunciation: [astajak]; Occitan: Astalhac) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Astaillac
Commune
The Chateau of Estresse
Coat of arms
Location of Astaillac
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Coordinates: 44°57′09″N 1°49′56″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Midi Corrézien
Intercommunality	CC Midi Corrézien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Reynal[1]
Area 1	7.35 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	207
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19012 /19120
Elevation	128–306 m (420–1,004 ft) (avg. 202 m or 663 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toponymy

There are two possibilities for the origin of the commune's name and both originate as a person's name who owned the area. As a Gallo-Roman domain of Astilus a Latin name and -iacum, the possession of Astilusiacum.^[3]: 17 Another theory is that it originates as Stalliacus, the domain of Stallius in the vicaria of Ascanensi (Puy-d'Arnac).^[3]: 17

The village name changed over the centuries, Astaliaco (860), Staliacus (882), Astilico (917), Astiliaco (10th), Astalhac (1315), and Estailhat (1687).^[3]: 17

History

In 860, Rodolphe of Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges, donated Astaillac, its church and lands to the monastery he founded at Beaulieu sur Dordogne.^[4] Initially the domain of the Benedictine order, in 1072 Pope Urban II donated it to the Abbey of Cluny when the Abbey of Beaulieu was brought under the latter's control.^[5]

An old chateau used to stand where the old school was situated.^[6] It was attacked several times in the past, first in 1250 by the people of Beaulieu, by the Baron of Castelnau in the 1300s with eighty people killed, and by Protestants in 1575.^[6] After the French Revolution, the lands of the Duchamp de la Geneste were sold off to the communes' people.^[6]

Geography

Astaillac is located some 45 km south-east of Brive-la-Gaillarde and 15 km north by north-west of Saint-Céré. The eastern border of the commune is also the border between the departments of Corrèze and Lot. Access to the commune is by the D41 road from Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in the north passing through the east of the commune and continuing south-west to Liourdres. The D41E1 comes from the D153E south-west of Sioniac through the commune to the village and continues to the hamlet of La Plaine. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Conques, Le Soulie, La Plaine, and Cassagne. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[7]

The Dordogne river forms the eastern border of the commune except for a small area on the left bank which forms part of the commune. The Dordogne flows south and eventually joins the Garonne at Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg. Several streams rise in the commune and flow south-east to join the Dordogne: the Ruisseau de Ganissal, the Ruisseau de Fontanille, the Ruisseau de Laborie, and the Ruisseau de Coucoulogne which forms the western border of the commune.^[7]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Astaillac

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined Blazon: Azure, a chevron lopped of Or between 3 roquets the same.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[8]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Pierre Gaubet
2008	2012	Nicole Lescure
2012	2026	Bernard Reynal

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Astaillacois or Astaillacoises in French.^[9]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 564 —     1800 609 +1.10% 1806 637 +0.75% 1821 722 +0.84% 1831 723 +0.01% 1836 627 −2.81% 1841 668 +1.27% 1846 658 −0.30% 1851 674 +0.48% 1856 668 −0.18% 1861 641 −0.82% 1866 630 −0.35% 1872 670 +1.03% 1876 632 −1.45% 1881 623 −0.29% 1886 639 +0.51% 1891 558 −2.67% 1896 511 −1.74% 1901 507 −0.16%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 527 +0.78% 1911 517 −0.38% 1921 431 −1.80% 1926 402 −1.38% 1931 381 −1.07% 1936 343 −2.08% 1946 334 −0.27% 1954 316 −0.69% 1962 270 −1.95% 1968 276 +0.37% 1975 250 −1.40% 1982 258 +0.45% 1990 225 −1.70% 1999 220 −0.25% 2007 219 −0.06% 2012 220 +0.09% 2017 232 +1.07% 2020 213 −2.81%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Sites and monuments

• The Chateau of Estresse (15th century) is registered as a historical monument.^[12]
• The Parish Church of Saint-Etienne contains a Bronze Bell (1571) which is registered as a historical object.^[13]

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department