Chaumeil

Chaumeil
Commune
The town hall and the church in Chaumeil
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°27′25″N 1°52′57″E / 45.4569°N 1.8825°E / 45.4569; 1.8825Coordinates: 45°27′25″N 1°52′57″E / 45.4569°N 1.8825°E / 45.4569; 1.8825
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Ussel
Canton	Égletons
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie Fraysse
Area 1	31.7 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	160
• Density	5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19051 /19390
Elevation	524–911 m (1,719–2,989 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Chaumeil (French pronunciation: ​[ʃomɛj]; Occitan: Chaumelh) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Geography[]

Location[]

Chaumeil is located 22 km northeast of Tulle, 15 km north-west of Egletons and 10 km southeast of Treignac, in the heart of the Massif des Monédières.

The municipality is part of the territory of the Parc naturel régional de Millevaches en Limousin (Regional Natural Park of the Millevaches) in the Limousin. It is watered by the Corrèze, the Corrèze de Pradines, the Douyge and a stream from the pond (mother branch of the Vimbelle).

Population[]

Places and monuments[]

• The Croix de Chaumeil, a 16th-century stone cross in the village of Chaumeil.
• Church, a 15th-century church with a covered 16th century porch, inside a wood polychrome naive pieta, Madonna and child and reliquary.
• Maison des Monédières, gourmet food and handicrafts.

Notable people[]

• Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907), born in the village of Chastagnol, general of the French Army, was a member of the National Assembly (1871-1875), an unmovable senator and three times Minister of War (1882-1883 and 1896-1898).
• Jean Ségurel, accordionist.

See also[]

• Communes of the Corrèze department

References[]

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