Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat

Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
Commune
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	Coordinates: 45°27′27″N 1°58′21″E / 45.4575°N 1.9725°ECoordinates: 45°27′27″N 1°58′21″E / 45.4575°N 1.9725°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Ussel
Canton	Égletons
Intercommunality	Ventadour - Égletons - Monédières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Romain Chaumeil
Area 1	40.33 km2 (15.57 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	342
• Density	8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19249 /19300
Elevation	534–876 m (1,752–2,874 ft) ; (avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat (Occitan: Sent Iriès) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

Etymology[]

Saint Yrieix (Aredius), who died in 591, was a contemporary of Gregory of Tours. In Attanum he founded a monastery that is the source of the walled city of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. He went to the tomb of St. Julien Brioude and brought the relics, and he went very often to pray at the tomb of St. Martin at Tours. He also built churches in honor of various saints he had gone for the relics.

Under the French Revolution, to follow a decree of the Convention, the town changed its name to Yrieix le Déjalat.