Bort-les-Orgues

The French community Bort- les- Orgues located in the Limousin region in the Correze in the arrondissement of Ussel and is equipped with 2887 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) capital of the canton Bort- les- Orgues.

Geography

The community is located 28 km south-east of Ussel, 83 km north-east of Tulle, 77 km north of Aurillac and 79 km south-west of Clermont -Ferrand. North of the village, which stretches in the valley of the Dordogne, and is located on the D 922, opens in the in the local area, the D 979, and on the railway line Bourges - Miécaze, spreads since 1952, the reservoir Bort- les- Orgues as part of the mega-dam project " Aménagement hydroélectrique de la Dordogne " Electricité de France (EDF) from. The municipality covers 15.07 square kilometers at 403-788 meters above sea level.

Coat of arms

Description: In blue three silver diagonal crosses.

Attractions

  • Colline de Orgues: the basalt " organs " on the Talnordseite about 350 meters above the village, about a two- kilometer-long rock formation from 80 to 100 meters high volcano needles, developed for tourism by a footpath on the edge of the slope.
  • Barrage de Bort- les- Orgues 124 m high arch-shaped dam, 1942-52 built of concrete, with a 390 -meter-long crest and an upstream spillway in the form of a ski jump, dammed the Dordogne to a 18 km long reservoir with a capacity of 477 million cubic meters on.
  • Church: Romanesque and Gothic, 12th-15th centuries, consecrated with significant organ, the Holy Remede and Germain
  • Anciennes Halles: from the 15th century
  • Musée de la Tannerie et du cuir: Tannery and Leather Museum
  • Val Castle: built in 1440, is located near Bort- les- Orgues, right on the shore of the reservoir

Personalities

  • Jean -François Marmontel (1723-1799), writer and philosopher
  • Paul Cambo (1908-1978), actor
  • Lina Margy (1914-1973), singer
  • Pierre Tornade (* 1930), actor
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