Ambazac

Ambazac is a commune with 5555 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haute -Vienne, in the Limousin region; it belongs to the district of Limoges and Canton Ambazac.

Ambazac is located about 21 kilometers from Limoges in the Monts d' Ambazac.

Demographics

Attractions

• The church ( 12th century ) with the reliquary of St. Stephen of Muret
• The Dolmen du Bois de la Lieu
• The Château de montmery (19th century); here in 2005 parts of the movie Lady Chatterley were filmed, who in 2007 was awarded five César Awards
• The Château de Ribagnac (14th century)
• The medieval mills of Nouailles
• The " camp de César " called oppidum
• The ponds of the monks of Grandmont

Personalities

• Molière (1622-1673) had in Ambazac the idea for " Monsieur de Pourceaugnac "
• Raymond de Sèze (1748-1828), lawyer and member of the Académie française, defender of Louis XVI.
• Charles Gounod (1818-1893) composed here a part of the opera Faust
• Arsène Lejeune (1866-1938), architect
• Albert Besson (1896-1965), physician, member of the Académie nationale de Médecine, edited in Ambazac his main work
• Maurice Boitel (1919-2007), painter, worked in Ambazac 1947-1996
• Catherine Cesarsky (* 1943), working in Germany, astrophysicists and President of the International Astronomical Union, was born in Ambazac
• Izis (1911-1980), a photographer, took place during the Second World War in Ambazac refuge.

Twinning

• Eckental, Germany
• Soufflenheim, Alsace

Aixe -sur -Vienne | Ambazac | Augne | Aureil | Beaumont -du -Lac | Bersac -sur- Rivalier | Beynac | Boisseuil | Bonnac- la -Cote | Bosmie - l'Aiguille | Bujaleuf | Burgnac | Bussière -Galant | Champnétery | Chaptelat | Cheissoux | Châlus | Château- Chervix | Châteauneuf- la -Forêt | Condat- sur -Vienne | Coussac -Bonneval | Couzeix | Domps | Eybouleuf | Eyjeaux | Eymoutiers | Feytiat | Flavignac | Glandon | Glanges | Isle | Jabreilles -les- Bordes | Janailhac | Jourgnac | La Croisille -sur- Briance | La Geneytouse | La Jonchère -Saint -Maurice | La Meyze | La Porcherie | La Roche- l'Abeille | Ladignac -le- Long | Laurière | Lavignac | Le Chalard | Le Châtenet -en- Dognon | Le Palais- sur -Vienne | Le Vigen | Les Bill Anges | Les Cars | Limoges | Linards | Magnac -Bourg | Masléon | Meilhac | Meuzac | Moissannes | Nedde | Neuvic - Entier | Nexon | Nieul | Pageas | panazol | Peyrat- le -Château | Peyrilhac | Pierre- Buffière | Rempnat | Rilhac -Lastours | Rilhac- Rancon | Royères | Roziers -Saint -Georges | Saint- Amand- le -Petit | Saint -Bonnet- Briance | Saint- Denis- des- Murs | Saint- Ganja | Saint- Genest- sur- Roselle | Saint- Germain- les -Belles | Saint- Gilles- les -Forêts | Saint- Hilaire- Bonneval | Saint- Hilaire- les -Places | Saint -Jean- Ligoure | Saint- Jouvent | Saint- Julien- le -Petit | Saint -Just- le -Martel | Saint- Laurent- les- Églises | Saint- Léger- la -Montagne | Saint- Léonard- de -Noblat | Saint -Martin- Terressus | Saint -Martin- le -Vieux | Saint- Maurice- les- Brousses | Saint- Méard | Saint Paul | Saint -Priest- Ligoure | Saint -Priest- Taurion | Saint -Priest- sous- Aixe | Saint- Sulpice- Laurière | Saint -Sylvestre | Saint- Vitte -sur- Briance | Saint- Yrieix- la -Perche | Saint- Yrieix- sous- Aixe | Sainte -Anne -Saint -Priest | Sauviat -sur- Vige | Solignac | Surdoux | Sussac | Séreilhac | Verneuil -sur -Vienne | Veyrac | Vicq -sur -Breuilh

• Commune in the department of Haute- Vienne
• Place in Limousin