Beynat
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Beynat (French pronunciation: [bɛna]; Occitan: Béinat) is a commune of the Corrèze department in central France.
Beynat | |
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 Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Beynat | |
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| Coordinates: 45°07′26″N 1°43′26″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
| Canton | Midi Corrézien |
| Intercommunality | Midi Corrézien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Monteil[1] |
Area 1 | 34.84 km2 (13.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,318 |
| • Density | 37.83/km2 (97.98/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19023 /19190 |
| Elevation | 189–581 m (620–1,906 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
The commune was found to have been inhabited during the Merovingian period with discovery of coinage from that period.[3]: 34 During the end of the Carolingian period, the 900s, a viguerie controlled the commune.[3]: 34 By the 1200s, the commune was under the control of the Viscounts of Turenne with a castle near the church.[3]: 34 A military commandery, the Order of Malta settled at the Puy de Noix.[3]: 34
On April 2, 1944, the Brehmer division rounded up 35 people who were deported.
On July 29, 1944, in the village of Perrier, a group of maquisards was ambushed by a motorized company of the 95th German Security Regiment.[4]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,408 | — |
| 1968 | 1,336 | −5.1% |
| 1975 | 1,132 | −15.3% |
| 1982 | 1,101 | −2.7% |
| 1990 | 1,068 | −3.0% |
| 1999 | 1,152 | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 1,233 | +7.0% |
Local culture and heritage
Natural heritage
- L'étang de Miel.[3]: 34
Cultural heritage
- The dolmen known as the fairies' hut (Cabane de la Fée) is located near the hamlet of Brugeilles.[3]: 34 Classified as a historic monument in 1910.[5]
- L'église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, a church from the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, houses many paintings and objects. including a painting by Charles-Henri Michel.
- During the 1960s and 1970s, the Château de Sabeau was a holiday camp centre belonging to the Astra Calvé company, which sold the castle in 1985. It is now owned by Edencourt SA, a real estate investment company. Around this castle, a project turned it into a holiday village, 60% of the accommodation would be accessible to people with reduced mobility. The castle opened its doors on 4 August 2007.
- In the village of Perrier, there is a monument in honour of young French Resistance members who fell in June 1944.
- Puy de Noix, former Knights Templar and then Hospitaller commandery.
Personalities linked to the commune
- Pierre Dumoulin-Borie (1808-1838), priest of the foreign missions of Paris, executed in Đồng Hới, Tonkin, was canonized in 1988.
- François Marty (1901-1944), priest, prison chaplain and resistance fighter.
- Victor Feltrin (1909-1993) was a sculptor who lived in the commune.
- Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) before becoming famous, the singer spent several summer stays during his childhood with his grandparents in the town.[6]
