Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Végennes (French pronunciation: [veʒɛn]; Occitan: Vegena) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Geography
Location
The commune is located in the south of the Corrèze department. The village borders the department of the Lot and the Occitanie region.
Population
History
In 856 at Veterinas, as Végennes was called, Rodolphe de Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges established a Benedictine settlement there.[3]: 100 [4] It would fail and he moved the settlement to Vellinus which he renamed Bellus Locus that eventually became Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.[3]: 100
Notable persons
- Jacques Ricard de Genouillac, dit Galiot de Genouillac - military and French diplomat during the Renaissance, died at Végennes on 15 October 1546[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Aubel, Francois. La Correze: Vallee de la Dordogne (in French). Martel: Editions du Laquet. p. 104. ISBN 2-91033377-9.
- ^ Deloche, M (1859). Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Beaulieu, en Limousin (in French). Imprimerie Impériale.
beaulieu-sur-dordogne.
- ^ "Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Jacques Ricard de Genouillac dit Galiot de Genouillac". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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