Végennes

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Végennes

(2020–2026) Roselyne Poujade^[1]Area

10.11 km² (3.90 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

176 • Density17/km² (45/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

19280 /19120

Elevation125–360 m (410–1,181 ft)
(avg. 270 m or 890 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Végennes (French pronunciation: [veʒɛn]; Occitan: Vegena) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Geography

Location

The commune is located in the south of the Corrèze department. The village borders the department of the Lot and the Occitanie region.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	224	—
1968	242	+8.0%
1975	208	−14.0%
1982	200	−3.8%
1990	181	−9.5%
1999	182	+0.6%
2008	167	−8.2%

History

In 856 at Veterinas, as Végennes was called, Rodolphe de Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges established a Benedictine settlement there.^[3]^: 100^[4] It would fail and he moved the settlement to Vellinus which he renamed Bellus Locus that eventually became Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.^[3]^: 100

Notable persons

Jacques Ricard de Genouillac, dit Galiot de Genouillac - military and French diplomat during the Renaissance, died at Végennes on 15 October 1546^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Aubel, Francois. La Correze: Vallee de la Dordogne (in French). Martel: Editions du Laquet. p. 104. ISBN 2-91033377-9.
^ Deloche, M (1859). Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Beaulieu, en Limousin (in French). Imprimerie Impériale. beaulieu-sur-dordogne.
^ "Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Jacques Ricard de Genouillac dit Galiot de Genouillac". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2019.