Brivezac

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CountryFrance
Area
1
8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population
(2022)[1]
193
Brivezac
Location of Brivezac
Brivezac is located in France
Brivezac
Brivezac
Brivezac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Brivezac
Brivezac
Coordinates: 45°01′35″N 1°50′28″E / 45.0264°N 1.8411°E / 45.0264; 1.8411
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCorrèze
ArrondissementBrive-la-Gaillarde
CantonMidi Corrézien
CommuneBeaulieu-sur-Dordogne
Area
1
8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
193
  Density23.4/km2 (60.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
19120
Elevation139–432 m (456–1,417 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brivezac (French pronunciation: [bʁivzak]; Limousin: Brivasac) is a former commune in the Corrèze department in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.[2]

The name has both Roman and Gaulish origins, ac being Latin and Briva Gaulish, meaning river ford.[3]:37

History

The village received the relics of Saint Faustus in 860 during the Norman invasions.[3]:37 They were brought there from the north, and then from the Solignac Abbey, to be protected from looters.[3]:37 The place where the ambassadors of the relics and the priests are said to have met is two kilometers upstream, on the road to Champeau. A spring is said to have gushed out during this meeting and was named the spring of Saint Faustus.[3]:37

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962246    
1968303+23.2%
1975275−9.2%
1982224−18.5%
1990208−7.1%
1999199−4.3%
2008188−5.5%

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