Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Romain Chaumeil^[1]Area40.33 km² (15.57 sq mi)Population333 • Density8.3/km² (21/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation534–876 m (1,752–2,874 ft)
(avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿iʁjɛ lə deʒala]; Occitan: Sent Iries lo Desjalat) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

Etymology

Saint Yrieix (Aredius), who died in 591, was a contemporary of Gregory of Tours. In Attanum he founded a monastery that is the source of the walled city of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. He went to the tomb of St. Julien Brioude and brought the relics, and he went very often to pray at the tomb of St. Martin at Tours. He also built churches in honor of various saints he had gone for the relics.

Under the French Revolution, to follow a decree of the Convention, the town changed its name to Yrieix le Déjalat.

Mayors

List of successive mayors

Term	Name	Party
2001–2014	Yves Maison	Socialist Party
2014–2020	Noël Faugeras
2020–incumbent	Romain Chaumeil

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	509	—
1968	512	+0.6%
1975	461	−10.0%
1982	448	−2.8%
1990	423	−5.6%
1999	392	−7.3%
2008	405	+3.3%

Sights

• Site de Franchesse
• Maison-Forte de Montamar
• Cascades des Pradeleix
• Croix sur la place (I.S.)

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

References

External links