Arnac-Pompadour
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Chateau of Arnac-Pompadour
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 45°23′50″N 1°22′55″E / 45.3972°N 1.3819°ECoordinates: 45°23′50″N 1°22′55″E / 45.3972°N 1.3819°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Corrèze | |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
| Canton | Lubersac | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Pompadour | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Alain Tisseuil | |
| Area1 | 15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 1,226 | |
| • Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19011 / 19230 | |
| Elevation | 279–475 m (915–1,558 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.
Arnac-Pompadour (Occitan: Arnac Pompador) is a French commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Pompadours
In Nouvelle-Aquitaine and on directional signs, the commune is usually simply called Pompadour although the actual village of Pompadour is shared between Arnac-Pompadour and Saint-Sornin-Lavolps.
The name of Pompadour became world famous due to the favourite of Louis XV: Madame de Pompadour (Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson) to whom the King gave the chateau of Pompadour and the associated title of Marquise.
The town is famous for its chateau and its stud farm, the Pompadour National Anglo-Arab Stud, headquarters of the French National Stud and France's principal production centre of Anglo-Arabian horses (although the racecourse is actually outside the commune).
Arnac-Pompadour is located some 25 km south-east of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche and 35 km west by north-west of Brive-la-Gaillarde. Access to the commune is by the D901 road from Lubersac in the north-east passing through the southern part of the commune and the town and continuing south-west to Juillac. The D7 road also comes from Troche in the south-east passing through the town and continuing to Payzac in the west. The D126 goes north from the town through the length of the commune to join the D149 north of the commune. A railway passes through the commune with a railway station at the town. The commune is mixed forest and farmland. Apart from the town there are also the following hamlets in the commune:
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