Gimel-les-Cascades
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Gimel-les-Cascades | |
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.JPG) A general view of Gimel-les-Cascades | |
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 Location of Gimel-les-Cascades | |
  Gimel-les-Cascades  Gimel-les-Cascades | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′01″N 1°51′05″E / 45.3003°N 1.8514°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Tulle |
| Canton | Naves |
| Intercommunality | CA Tulle Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Sentier[1] |
Area 1 | 20.86 km2 (8.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 755 |
| • Density | 36.2/km2 (93.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19085 /19800 |
| Elevation | 220–606 m (722–1,988 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Gimel-les-Cascades (French pronunciation: [ʒimɛl le kaskad]; Occitan: Gimel) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
The A89 motorway and the departmental roads 1089, 53, 53E3, 53E4, 26, and 978 cross Gimel-les-Cascades. The village is located 7 km (4.35 mi) northeast of Tulle and 8 km (4.97 mi) south of Corrèze. The commune is located in the Massif Central and watered by the Montane which serves as its limit to the southwest separating it from Chanac-les-Mines.
