Égletons is located in the Massif Central at the crossroads of several geographical ensembles. The city is leans up against the first foothills of the Limousine mountains, and thus establishes itself on the high Corrèzian plateau and Italicdominating to the east, the gorges of the Dordogne. The municipality is located on the former Route nationale 89 now the D1089:
The climate is Oceanic, so humid, but with cold winters and hot summers. Snowfall can occur in winter with temperatures often around 0 °C. Summer is sometimes followed by a mild autumn.
Population
Toponymy
The origin of the name Égletons is uncertain:
Man's name glutio, according to M. Villoutreix
Latin medieval glutis, tenacious earth, clay, with prefix ès rental value, the name of this village pertaining to a muddy place, loamy where no doubt it was established.
History
This important medieval city was in 1059, the capital of the family of the Lords of Ventadour. From their imposing fortress, a veritable eagle's nest on a rocky outcrop whose vestiges still bear witness to the power, the Ventadour made the fortune of Égletons, ensured its prosperity and were at the origin of a rich tradition of art and culture, that of the la fin' amor: The Poetry of the Troubadours. Bernard de Ventadour, one of the most famous of them, has been able to sing throughout Europe. Égletons still retains today remnants of this stronghold, its ramparts at the five gates that bear the coat of arms of the Ventadour, its church of St. Antoine and its 12th centurysteeple armed with machicolations, its chapel of the penitents. In August 1944, the Battle of Égletons was fought. The fierce fighting, the numerous devastation and the courage of the inhabitants during the struggle for the liberation of the city, earned the medieval capital of the Ventadour, a citation of l'Ordre du Corps d'Armée with the awarding of the Croix de Guerre with silver-gilt star on 11 November 1948.
Economy
Égletons is renowned for its school buildings and public works.
Lycée Pierre-Caraminot
L'École d'Application aux métiers des Travaux Publics
Charal, a company specialising in fresh and frozen beef-based products, has a production site.
Chapelle de l'Hôpital then of the Brotherhood of the White penitents
Rectory.
Fountains.
Centre de Découverte du Moyen Âge - heritage of the city of Égletons
The Town Planning Project of the city of Egletons 1929-1979. In 2009, the Ministry of Culture awarded the city the label, Heritage of 20th Century, for its remarkable architecture and its urban ensemble from the years 1930 to 1960. See: The monumental gate of Stade François Chassaing, the l'École Nationale Professionnelle, le Bâtiment Central du Village de Vacances, les vitraux de l'église etc.
Parks and green spaces
The commune is a flower town having obtained two flowers on the 2007 list of the Concours des villes et villages fleuris. It retained this recognition in 2008.
Paule Morot-Cabanac wrote the book Égletons et ses rues in which it lists the streets of the city and explains the origin of the names given to them. This is a highly documented book that had required long months of research and preparation for this former history-loving teacher. This book is currently no longer available for sale.
Motto
The motto of the city is "Inania Pello", it means "I reject the vain things"
Notable people
Bernard de Ventadour, famous troubadour.
Octave Lacroix, journalist and poet.
Leonard Louis Bordas, an entomologist specialised in the glandular apparatus of Hymenoptera insects, digestive tubes of Orthoptera etc.
Edmond Vignard, French chemist and archaeologist Prehistorian Egyptologist, he is the namer of the Sebilian culture.
Jean-Marie Bourre, member of the National Academy of Physicians and former director of INSERM research units of neuro-toxicology and neuro-pharmaco-nutrition.
Michel Paillassou, engineer, mayor of Egletons, General councillor, President of the community of communes of Ventadour, departmental president of the UMP
