Astaillac (; oc, Astalhac) is a

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in the

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department in the

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region of central

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Astaillacois'' or ''Astaillacoises''.

Toponymy

There are two possibilities for the origin of the commune's name and both originate as a person's name who owned the area. As a Gallo-Roman domain of ''Astilus'' a Latin name and ''-iacum'', the possession of ''Astilusiacum''. Another theory is that it originates as ''Stalliacus'', the domain of ''Stallius'' in the ''vicaria'' of Ascanensi (Puy-d'Arnac). The village name changed over the centuries, Astaliaco (860), Staliacus (882), Astilico (917), Astiliaco (10th), Astalhac (1315), and Estailhat (1687).

History

In 860, Rodolphe of Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges, donated Astaillac, its church and lands to the monastery he founded at Beaulieu sur Dordogne. Initially the domain of the

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order, in 1072 Pope

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donated it to the

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when the Abbey Of Beaulieu was brought under the latters control.

Geography

Astaillac is located some 45 km south-east of Brive-la-Gaillarde and 15 km north by north-west of

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. The eastern border of the commune is also the border between the departments of

and Lot. Access to the commune is by the D41 road from

Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (, literally ''Beaulieu on Dordogne''; oc, Belluec) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, central France. Beaulieu is a medieval city, originally dominated by its great abbey of St Pie ...

in the north passing through the east of the commune and continuing south-west to

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. The D41E1 comes from the D153E south-west of

Sioniac Sioniac (; oc, Seunhac) is a Communes of France, commune in the Corrèze Departments of France, department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

through the commune to the village and continues to the hamlet of La Plaine. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Conques, Le Soulie, La Plaine, and Cassagne. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.Google Maps
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Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is name ...

river forms the eastern border of the commune except for a small area on the left bank which forms part of the commune. The Dordogne flows south and eventually joins the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – ...

Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg (, literally ''Saint-Seurin of Bourg''; oc-gsc, Sent Seurin de Borg) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department The f ...

. Several streams rise in the commune and flow south-east to join the Dordogne: the Ruisseau de Ganissal, the Ruisseau de Fontanille, the Ruisseau de Laborie, and the Ruisseau de Coucoulogne which forms the western border of the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 232 inhabitants.

Sites and monuments

*The Chateau of Estresse (15th century) is registered as a historical monument. *The Parish Church of Saint-Etienne contains a Bronze Bell (1571) which is registered as a historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy

References

External links

Astaillac on the old IGN website

Astaillac on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Astaillac'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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