Brivezac

Brivezac
Part of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne
Location of Brivezac
Brivezac Location within France Show map of France Brivezac Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°01′35″N 1°50′28″E / 45.0264°N 1.8411°E / 45.0264; 1.8411
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Midi Corrézien
Commune	Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne
Area 1	8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	193
• Density	23.4/km2 (60.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	19120
Elevation	139–432 m (456–1,417 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Brivezac (French pronunciation: [bʁivzak]; Limousin: Brivasac) is a former commune in the Corrèze department in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.

Toponymy

The name has both Roman and Gaulish origins, ac being Latin and Briva Gaulish, meaning river ford.^: 37

History

The village received the relics of Saint Faustus in 860 during the Norman invasions.^: 37 They were brought there from the north, and then from the Solignac Abbey, to be protected from looters.^: 37 The place where the ambassadors of the relics and the priests are said to have met is two kilometers upstream, on the road to Champeau. A spring is said to have gushed out during this meeting and was named the spring of Saint Faustus.^: 37

Places and monuments

• Église Saint-Pierre de Brivezac - The church of Saint-Pierre was listed as a historical monument in 1988. Parts of the church date from twelfth century.^: 37 The Romanesque portal of the church, suffering from erosion, is one of the oldest in Limousin is from the eleventh century.^: 37
• Spring of Saint Faustus

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

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