Ambazac

Ambazac
Commune
The town hall in Ambazac
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°57′30″N 1°24′03″E / 45.9583°N 1.4008°E / 45.9583; 1.4008Coordinates: 45°57′30″N 1°24′03″E / 45.9583°N 1.4008°E / 45.9583; 1.4008
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Limoges
Canton	Ambazac
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Ché
Area 1	57.83 km2 (22.33 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	5,630
• Density	97/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.

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[]

• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

References[]

The TGV Brive-la-Gaillarde - Lille-Europe passing at the Ambazac station

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