{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Affieux |commune status = Commune |image = Ruisseau de Boulou.jpg |caption = The stream of Boulou |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Affieux (Corrèze).svg |arrondissement = Tulle |canton = Seilhac-Monédières |INSEE = 19001 |postal code = 19260 |mayor = Didier Jarrige |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Vézère-Monédières-Millesources |coordinates = {{coord|45.5186|1.7681|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 520 |elevation min m = 333 |elevation max m = 772 |area km2 = 30.19 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Affieux''' ({{IPA|fr|afjø}}; {{langx|oc|Afièu}}) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Affieucois'' or ''Affieucoises''.
The commune has been awarded '''two flowers''' by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''.<ref>[http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html Affieux in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210053901/http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html |date=2014-12-10 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==Geography==
Affieux is located some 45 km south-east of Limoges (in a straight line). Access to the commune is by road D940 from Treignac in the north passing south through the east of the commune to Le Lonzac. The D20 road also comes from Treignac, changing to the D3E3 in the commune and passing through the village before continuing south-west to join the D3 south-west of the commune.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Affieux/@45.5026156,1.7974167,12503m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f8fb8a1aee9627:0x405d39260ee78d0?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>
The Vézère river forms the western and northern border of the commune with numerous streams criss-crossing the commune and flowing to this river. There is also a lake to the south of the town of Affieux.<ref name=Google/>
===Localities and villages=== *Affieux *Les Rivieres *La Louche *La Gane *Le Fargeau *Espinet *Le Peuch *Marcilloux *Merciel
===Neighbouring Communes and Villages=== {{Geographic location |width=auto |Centre = Affieux |North = Soudaine-Lavinadiere |Northeast = Treignac |East = Bonnefond |Southeast = Chaumeil |South = Le Lonzac |Southwest = Eyburie |West = |Northwest = Meilhards }}
==Heraldry== {{Blazon-arms |img1=Blason ville fr Affieux (Corrèze).svg |legend1=Arms of Affieux |text=
'''Blazon:'''<br/> ''Or, 3 escallops Vert 2 on 1, canton also of Or with 2 lions passant in Gules.'' }}
==Administration== {{incomplete list|date=April 2021}} '''List of Successive Mayors of Affieux'''<ref>[https://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=27920 List of mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! From !! To !! Name |- | 2001 || 2020 || Guy Germain<ref>[http://www.correze.pref.gouv.fr/Correze/prefecture/Les_collectivites_locales/elus_departement/Les_elus_du_departement Prefecture website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104113329/http://www.correze.pref.gouv.fr/Correze/prefecture/Les_collectivites_locales/elus_departement/Les_elus_du_departement |date=2011-11-04 }}, consulted 20 August 2008</ref> |- | 2020 || 2026 || Didier Jarrige<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |}
==Population==
{{Historical populations | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|139|Affieux}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-19001#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1793 |774 |1800 |1100 |1806 |1153 |1821 |859 |1831 |990 |1836 |1064 |1841 |1041 |1846 |1077 |1851 |968 |1856 |1046 |1861 |1013 |1866 |833 |1872 |937 |1876 |1072 |1881 |986 |1886 |1057 |1891 |1075 |1896 |885 |1901 |884 |1906 |906 |1911 |839 |1921 |735 |1926 |675 |1931 |660 |1936 |664 |1946 |581 |1954 |567 |1962 |506 |1968 |432 |1975 |357 |1982 |356 |1990 |358 |1999 |349 |2007 |368 |2012 |369 |2017 |359 |2023 |385 }}
==Culture and heritage==
===Civil heritage=== The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *A '''Chateau''' at le Peuch (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029893|IA00029893 Chateau at Le Peuch}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *The '''Chateau de Maury''' (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029892|IA00029892 Chateau de Maury}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A '''Chateau''' at Balème (17th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029890|IA00029890 Chateau at Balème}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A '''Farmhouse''' at l'Allouche (1605){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029889|IA0002988990 Farmhouse at l'Allouche}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A '''Chateau''' (1636){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029886|IA00029886 Chateau}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *'''Farmhouses''' (17th-20th centuries){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029883|IA00029883 Farmhouses}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref>
===Religious heritage=== The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *The '''Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes''' (1874){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029891|IA00029891 Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A '''Cemetery Cross''' (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029888|IA00029888 Cemetery Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A '''Monumental Cross''' (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029887|IA00029887 Monumental Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *'''Monumental Crosses''' (17th-20th centuries){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029884|IA00029884 Monumental Crosses}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> *The '''Parish Church of Saint-Pardoux''' (1772){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00029885|IA00029885 Parish Church of Saint-Pardoux}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref>
The Parish Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *An Altar tombstone, 2 altar seatings, the Altar, a winged Tabernacle, and exhibition dais (17th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM19001142|PM19001142 Altar tombstone, 2 altar seatings, the Altar, a winged Tabernacle, and exhibition dais}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A sun-shaped Monstrance (1819){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM19001119|PM19001119 Sun-shaped Monstrance}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Tombstone{{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000886|IM19000886 Tombstone}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref><ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM19000785|PM19000785 Tombstone}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Flowered Vase (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000885|IM19000885 Flowered Vase}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Flowered Vase (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000884|IM19000884 Flowered Vase}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A sun-shaped Monstrance (1819){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000883|IM19000883 Sun-shaped Monstrance}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Ciborium for the sick (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000882|IM19000882 Ciborium for the sick}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Ciborium (1838){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000881|IM19000881 Ciborium}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Paten (1838){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000880|IM19000880 Paten}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Chalice with Paten (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000879|IM19000879 Chalice with Paten}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Chalice (1838){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000878|IM19000878 Chalice}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Statuette: Immaculate conception (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000877|IM19000877 Statuette: Immaculate conception}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *2 Statues: Kneeling angels worshipping (17th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000876|IM19000876 2 Statues: Kneeling angels worshipping}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *2 Statues: Standing angels worshipping (17th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000875|IM19000875 2 Statues: Standing angels worshipping}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Tabernacle (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000874|IM19000874 Tabernacle}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *Altar seating, Tabernacle and exhibition (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000873|IM19000873 Altar seating, Tabernacle and exhibition}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *Altar tomb (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000872|IM19000872 Altar tomb}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *Secondary Altar: Altar, seating, and Tabernacle (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000871|IM19000871 Secondary Altar: Altar, seating, and Tabernacle}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Tabernacle Urn (1768){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000870|IM19000870 Tabernacle Urn}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *2 Statues: Saint Gilles and Saint Pardoux (1768){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000869|IM19000869 2 Statues: Saint Gilles and Saint Pardoux}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *An Altar Painting: The Assumption (1768){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000868|IM19000868 Altar Painting: The assumption}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *The Retable architecture (1768){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000867|IM19000867 Retable architecture}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Baptismal font (13th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000865|IM19000865 Baptismal font}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> *A Stoup (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM19000864|IM19000864 Stoup}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}</ref> {{div col end}}
==Notable People linked to the Commune== * '''Jean Alambre''': a writer and composer in French and Occitan * '''Élise Palaudoux''' (called '''Nataska'''): (1895-1985), a designer. Her designs were shown at the Museum of Art Brut or Outsider Art in Lausanne. A street in the commune of Cabestany (Pyrénées-Orientales), bears the name "Nataska".
== See also == * Communes of the Corrèze department
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311212606/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=21644 Affieux on the old IGN website] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=45.5186&lon=1.7681&zoom=13 ''Affieux'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
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