Vézac, Dordogne

Vézac is a commune with 622 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Dordogne in the Aquitaine region. It belongs to the district of Sarlat -la -Caneda, the canton of Sarlat- la -Caneda and community association Périgord Noir.

Geography

The municipality is situated on the vézac Dordogne in the Perigord Noir, about ten kilometers southwest of Sarlat- la -Caneda and about 70 kilometers south-east of Périgueux and 60 km south-west of Brive- la -Gaillarde.

The municipal area extends from the right bank of the Dordogne at 63 m above sea level, which describes a sweeping southward flow loop, over the valley of the Ruisseau de Pontou to the northeast. In the north and east of the municipal area is characterized by forests, interspersed with numerous clearings and isolated farmsteads. The highest point is reached at 243 m above sea level in the east on the border with the municipality of Vitrac.

Vézac has not grown village core is, instead of several loosely connected settlements. The person identified by districts such as La Grange de Vergne, Le Luc, Beau Repos, La Fournerie, Rochegourbe, Mège and Lestevinie.

In the south of the municipality area, the intensively farmed flat flood plain of the Dordogne is spreading. It is crossed by various backwaters. From the north-west rises a wooded prominent outcrop into the flood plain, which he exceeds by more than 100 meters. At the end of this spur are the gardens of marqueyssac with its castle. Compared to the southernmost point of the community leads the Céou in the Dordogne.

Neighboring communities

Population Development

Attractions

A magnet for visitors to vézac are the gardens of the castle marqueyssac marqueyssac, which is classified as a monument historique. The monument historique as listed objects include the Church of St Urban ( Saint -Urbain ) and the Grotte du Roc, a rock cave with paintings from the Upper Paleolithic.

At the western end of the neighboring village of La Roque- Gageac there is a small castle La Malartrie that has been built in the 19th century in the style of historicism. It is an expression of a spiritual movement which used the return to beauty and values ​​of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The castle was carried out exactly in the style of the 15th to 16th century.

Transport links

Vézac is located on the Dordogne Valley, following mainly the trunk road from Bergerac on Le Buisson -de- Cadouin and Sarlat -la -Caneda to Souillac with dortiger access to the A20 Motorway. Passenger trains of the leading by the municipality railway line from Siorac -en- Périgord, Sarlat -la -Caneda not hold in vézac. At the former station vézac - Beynac today still remembers the street name la Gare.

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