Saint-Ybard
Saint- Ybard ( Sanch Ibarch in Occitan ) is a commune with 662 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Corrèze, in the Limousin region. The municipality is a member of the Association of Municipalities Pays d' Uzerche.
Geography
The community lies on the edge of the Massif Central. The headwaters of the Vézère and Auvézère and Bradascou run through the municipality.
Tulle, prefecture of the department is located, about 35 kilometers south-east, Brive- la -Gaillarde 40 miles south and Uzerche about six kilometers south-east.
The village is located about 5 kilometers south of exit 44 of the A20 Motorway.
Neighboring municipalities of Saint- Ybard are Salon -la-Tour in the North, Condat- sur -Ganaveix in the northeast, Uzerche in the east, Vigeois in the south, Saint -Martin- Sepert in the west and Saint- Pardoux- Corbiers and Benayes in the northwest.
History
The parish of Saint- Ybard was mentioned under this name for the first time in 987 in the cartulary of Uzerche documented. The name comes from the holy Eparchius, or also called Cybar back.
However, the colonization history of this region is older. A leading past this highway was the Bronze and Iron Ages, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and a ridge trail that connected the Haut- Limousin with the Bassin de Brive and was used until the 19th century.
From the 10th to the 12th century Saint- Ybard belonged to the viscounts of Limoges and the Barony de Bret. From the 13th century until the 18th century the town was under the rule of the family of Pérusse of Cars but also among the religious interests of the Abbey of Uzerche. In the 17th and 18th centuries the town was richer than to be the neighboring communities in the call. In addition, the family Pérusse had built some steel mills and even a paper mill here.
In the times of the French Revolution there were in addition to the destruction of the castle of Garaboeuf no negative impact on the community. So then reached in 1846 the place its largest population with 1636 inhabitants. But two world wars and the rural exodus in the 20th century ensured a permanent reduction of the population of Saint- Ybard.
Coat of arms
Left and right red fields separated by a Pfahlfeh and above a silver collar tournament with five hangers.
Twinning
The municipality maintains twinned with Saint- Ybars in the Ariege.
Population Development
Personalities
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), French writer, spent her youth in the holidays in Saint- Ybard with her grandfather.
- Hortense Dufour ( b. 1946 ), French writer
Attractions
- The ruins of the Château de Garaboeuf, a castle, which was destroyed during the French Revolutuion.