Ambazac
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Location within Limousin region
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Limoges | |
| Canton | Ambazac | |
| Intercommunality | Monts d'Ambazac et du Val du Taurion | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Élisabeth Maciejowski | |
| Area1 | 57.83 km2 (22.33 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 5,270 | |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87002 / 87240 | |
| Elevation | 243–666 m (797–2,185 ft) | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Ambazac (Occitan: Embasac) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France.
Personalities
- Maurice Boitel, painter artist, he painted in Ambazac between 1947 et 1996
- Raymond de Sèze, barrister and member of the Académie française
- Canon Landon, épigraphist and Latinist, priest of Ambazac
- Catherine Cesarsky, astrophysicist
- Albert Besson, bacteriologist
Partner Communities
Eckental (Germany), since 1987
Soufflenheim (Alsace)
See also
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