Les Angles-sur-Corrèze (; ) is a commune in the

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department in the

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region of central

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Geography

Les Angles-sur-Corrèze is located some 7 km north-west of

Tulle Tulle (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Corrèze, in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle- ...

and 30 km south-west of

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. It is traversed by the

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from west to east through the heart of the commune but there is no exit in the commune. The nearest exits are Exit 20 to the west of the commune and Exit 21 to the east. Access to the commune is by road D58 which branches off the D23 south of the commune and continues north to the village and continues north then east to join the D1089 highway which forms the south-eastern border of the commune. There are large areas of forest in the commune with some areas of farmland near the village. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Le Massoulier towards the east.Google Maps
/ref> The Corrèze river forms the northern and western borders of the commune as it flows south to join the

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west of

Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of ), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the aggl ...

. Many unnamed streams rise in the commune and flow into the Correze.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The locality appears in charters dated 1404 in the form ''Anguli''. Its name is a reference to the shape of the village of a pointed wedge (like the head of a wood-chopping axe).

History

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 112 inhabitants. Les Angles-sur-Correze War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of the Nativity of Notre-Dame contains two items that are registered as historical objects: *A Statue: Saint Apôtre (17th century) *A Statue: Saint Roch (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Environmental heritage

The village square (with a well for animals) has a grouping of buildings of a Church, Town Hall, and School, all in stone. It is a few kilometres on foot from the village to the Corrèze river and to the left a path leads to the Gimel-les-Cascades waterfalls. Again in the village square in front of the well a small path leads over the hills towards the

with beautiful landscapes.

References

External links

Les Angles-sur-Corrèze on the National Geographic Institute website

Les Angles-sur-Corrèze on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''les Angles'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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