Allassac
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 45°15′33″N 1°28′35″E / 45.2592°N 1.4764°ECoordinates: 45°15′33″N 1°28′35″E / 45.2592°N 1.4764°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Corrèze | |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
| Canton | Donzenac | |
| Intercommunality | Brive | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Louis Lascaux | |
| Area1 | 39.01 km2 (15.06 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 3,796 | |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19005 / 19240 | |
| Elevation | 103–387 m (338–1,270 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Allassac (Alassac in Occitan) is a French 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.
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. It is also traversed by the Orléans–Montauban railway line with a station at Allassac. It is located, in orthodromic distances, 6 kilometres east of Objat and 12 kilometres north-west of Brive-la-Gaillarde.
The commune is also served by departmental roads D57, D148, and D901.
Four kilometres to the south-east, the A20 autoroute allows direct access to Allassac through Exit 48.
Apart from the town the commune has the following hamlets:
In Latin aqua saliens meaning "leaping water. The name evokes the rapids and a cascade into a deep gorge. It was called ad illo Salente in 904.
Allassac is derived from the Gallo-Roman word Alaciacus (the estate of Alacius). The first mention in the form Allassac was in the will of Aredius (Saint Yrieix). He called it Alaciaco in 947.
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