Ambazac | |
|---|---|
 The town hall in Ambazac | |
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Location of Ambazac | |
  Ambazac  Ambazac | |
| Coordinates: 45°57′30″N 1°24′03″E / 45.9583°N 1.4008°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Limoges |
| Canton | Ambazac |
| Intercommunality | Élan Limousin Avenir Nature |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Peggy Bariat[1] |
| Area 1 | 57.83 km2 (22.33 sq mi) |
| Population | 5,558 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87002 /87240 |
| Elevation | 243–666 m (797–2,185 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ambazac (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bazak]; Occitan: Embasac) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,767 | — |
| 1975 | 3,929 | +0.60% |
| 1982 | 4,657 | +2.46% |
| 1990 | 4,889 | +0.61% |
| 1999 | 4,836 | −0.12% |
| 2007 | 5,254 | +1.04% |
| 2012 | 5,604 | +1.30% |
| 2017 | 5,667 | +0.22% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Personalities
- Maurice Boitel, painter artist, he painted in Ambazac between 1947 et 1996
- Raymond Desèze, barrister and member of the Académie française
- Canon Landon, épigraphist and Latinist, priest of Ambazac
- Catherine Cesarsky, astrophysicist
- Albert Besson, bacteriologist
Partner Communities
Eckental (Germany), since 1987
Soufflenheim (Alsace)
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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