Bassignac-le-Haut


Bassignac-le-Haut is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bassignacois or Bassignacoises.

Geography

Bassignac-le-Haut is located in the Massif Central some 20 km north-east of Argentat and 20 km south-east of Tulle. Access to the commune is by the D13 road from Darazac in the south which passes through the commune and the village before continuing north-east along the banks of the river then across to Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Bousquet, Vaujour, Le Mas, Vernac, Maurel, and Ymons in the commune. The commune is mostly farmland but heavily forested along the river.
A lake formed by the Barrage du Chastang dam on the Dordogne river forms all the western and northern border of the commune. The Ruisseau de vaujour rises in the north-west of the commune and flows the short distance north-west to the Dordogne. Similarly the Ruisseau du Roc Chabrier rises in the north and flows north into the Dordogne. The Ruisseau de la Cascade flows north through the eastern part of the commune to join the Dordogne east of the commune. The Ruisseau de Vieilzot rises just south of the commune and forms much of the southern border as it floes west to join the Dordogne in the south-western tip of the commune.

History

Bassignac-le-Haut appears as Baßignac le Haut on the 1750 Cassini Map and as Bassignac le Haut on the 1790 version.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
20012007Raymond Delmas
20072008Hubert Lavesque
20082011Josette Puyraymond
20122020Jean Claude Turquet

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 204 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments: