Objat
Objat (; oc, Ajac) is a commune in the Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The inhabitants are called Objatois and Objatoises. Geography Fifteen kilometres north-west of Brive-la-Gaillarde, the municipality of Objat is located in the valley of the Loyre (a tributary of the Vézère) which crosses the town centre. The municipality is limited to the southwest by the Loyre and the Roseix rivers, and to the west by Mayne stream. Objat station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Saint-Yrieix and Limoges. Population Places and Monuments * St. Bartholomew's Church from 15th century with its steeple redone in the 19th century. Objat église.JPG, Objat église vitrail (1).JPG, Objat église nef.JPG, Notable people * Gérard Brutus, writer born in Objat in 1959. * Eugène Freyssinet (1879-1962), a French engineer who invented prestressed concrete, was born in Objat. * Max Mamers, racing driver twice champion of France de Rallycross, organizer of the And ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Objat Station
Objat is a railway station in Objat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Nexon - Brive railway line. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by SNCF. After a landslide in 2018 disrupted the rails just to the North of Objat, the section between Objat and Saint-Yrieix is travelled by a rail replacement bus service A rail replacement bus service uses buses to replace a passenger train service on a temporary or permanent basis. The train service that is replaced may be of any type such as light rail, tram, streetcar, commuter rail, regional rail or heavy .... Train service The following services currently call at Objat: *local service (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Limoges - Saint-Yrieix - Brive-la-Gaillarde References Railway stations in Corrèze {{Limousin-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Allassac
Allassac (; oc, Alaçac) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Allassacois'' or ''Allassacoises'' The commune has been awarded three flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''. Geography Located in the Brive Basin, the commune of Allassac is irrigated by three major rivers in the north-south direction: the Vézère and its tributaries the Loyre and the Clan which is a sub-tributary of the Corrèze. Allassac, like many surrounding communes, is part of Vézère Ardoise Country and benefits from the label ''French Towns and Lands of Art and History''. The town of Allassac is located at the intersection of departmental roads D9, D25, D34 and D134. Allassac station on the Orléans–Montauban railway line has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Uzerche and Limoges. It is located, in orthodromic di ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eugène Freyssinet
Eugène Freyssinet () (13 July 1879 – 8 June 1962) was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete. Biography Freyssinet was born in at Objat, Corrèze, France. He worked in the '' École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées'' in Paris, France where he designed several bridges until the First World War intervened. His tutors included Charles Rabut. He served in the French Army from 1904 to 1907 and again from 1914 to 1918 as a road engineer. His most significant early bridge was the three span Pont le Veurdre near Vichy, built in 1911. At the time, the 72.5 metre (238 ft) spans were the longest so far constructed in France although Grafton Bridge a 97.6 metre reinforced concrete bridge had been opened in April 1910 and the Rocky River Bridge in Cleveland Ohio, an 85.34 metre unreinforced bridge had been opened in October 1910. Freyssinet's proposal was for three reinforced concrete truss spans, and was significantly less expe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Max Mamers
Marcel "Max" Mamers (born 26 May 1943 in Objat) is a French former racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise .... References 1943 births Living people French racing drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Sportspeople from Corrèze 20th-century French people {{France-autoracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communes Of The Corrèze Department
The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the Corrèze Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. *Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive *Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo *CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté (partly) *Communauté de communes Midi Corrézien *Communauté de communes du Pays de Lubersac-Pompadour *Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Yrieix (partly) *Communauté de communes du Pays d'Uzerche *Communauté de communes de Ventadour - Égletons - Monédières *Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources *Communauté de communes Xaintrie Val'Dordogne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Corrèze
Corrèze (; oc, Corresa) is a department in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, on the border with Occitania and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. In 2019, Corrèze had a population of 240,073,Populations légales 2019: 19 Corrèze INSEE divided among 279 communes. Its inhabitants are called ''Corréziens'' (masculine) and ''Corréziennes'' (feminine). Its [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint-Aulaire
Saint-Aulaire (; oc, Senta Aulària) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Saint-Aulaire station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Saint-Yrieix and Limoges. Population See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the Corrèze Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References Communes of Corrèze {{Corrèze-geo-stub ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communauté D'agglomération Du Bassin De Brive
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive is an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, city of Brive-la-Gaillarde. It is located in the Corrèze departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions of France, region, south-central France. It was created in January 2014. Its seat is in Brive-la-Gaillarde.Fiche signalétique CA du Bassin de Brive BANATIC Its area is 808.7 km2. Its population was 107,749 in 2017, of which 46,916 in Brive-la-Gaillarde proper.Comparateur de territoire I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint-Cyr-la-Roche
Saint-Cyr-la-Roche (; oc, Sent Cir la Ròcha) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the Corrèze Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References Communes of Corrèze {{Corrèze-geo-stub ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vars-sur-Roseix
Vars-sur-Roseix is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar .... Population Notable people * Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (1763-1841) Incompetent captain of the French frigate Méduse (1810) that sank with the loss of circa 150 lives. See also * Communes of the Corrèze department References Communes of Corrèze Corrèze communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Corrèze-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Voutezac
Voutezac (; oc, Voltesac) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the Corrèze Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References Communes of Corrèze Corrèze communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Corrèze-geo-stub ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint-Solve
Saint-Solve is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Vignols-Saint-Solve station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Saint-Yrieix and Limoges. Population See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the Corrèze Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References Communes of Corrèze Corrèze communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Corrèze-geo-stub ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |