Bar, Corrèze

Bar
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Bar
Bar Bar
Coordinates: 45°20′46″N 1°48′55″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Tulle
Canton	Naves
Intercommunality	CA Tulle Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Jacques Bossoutrot
Area 1	20.82 km2 (8.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	304
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19016 /19800
Elevation	238–562 m (781–1,844 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bar (French pronunciation: [baʁ]) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Geography

Bar is located some 40 km north-east of Brive-la-Gaillarde and 8 km north of Tulle. Access to the commune is by the D53 road which branches from the D1120 west of the commune and passes through the narrow neck of the commune before continuing north as the D32 to Orliac-de-Bar. The D53 also continues south from the village through the heart of the commune to Gimel-les-Cascades. The D23 comes from Tulle in the south and passes through the commune and the village continuing north-east to join the D26 near Corrèze. The D173 comes from Le Lonzac in the north down the western arm of the commune and passes south to join the D53 in the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Cousin Haut and Cousin Bas in the western arm of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with forests predominant.

The Corrèze river flows from the north-east of the commune forming part of the north-eastern border then continuing west then south through the commune to form part of the southern border before continuing south-west to eventually join the Vézère west of Brive-la-Gaillarde. The Vimbelle river forms the eastern border of the western arm of the commune flowing south to also form the south-western border of the commune before it joins the Corrèze on the southern border of the commune. The Menaude river flows from the north through the commune to join the Vimbelle on the western border. The Ruisseau du Passadour forms the western border of the eastern arm of the commune as it flows south to join the Menaude.

Heraldry

Arms of Bar

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Argent, three fesses Gules.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1983	2008	Pierre Cheze
2008	2014	Daniel Geneste
2014	2026	Jean-Jacques Bossoutrot

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barois or Baroises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,346 —     1800 1,050 −3.49% 1806 1,044 −0.10% 1821 1,128 +0.52% 1831 1,228 +0.85% 1836 1,208 −0.33% 1841 1,170 −0.64% 1846 1,088 −1.44% 1851 1,073 −0.28% 1856 1,091 +0.33% 1861 1,005 −1.63% 1866 1,023 +0.36% 1872 1,020 −0.05% 1876 985 −0.87% 1881 1,000 +0.30% 1886 1,020 +0.40% 1891 1,066 +0.89% 1896 1,044 −0.42%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,059 +0.29% 1906 1,015 −0.85% 1911 981 −0.68% 1921 896 −0.90% 1926 797 −2.31% 1931 742 −1.42% 1936 692 −1.39% 1946 570 −1.92% 1954 543 −0.60% 1962 443 −2.51% 1968 397 −1.81% 1975 330 −2.61% 1982 282 −2.22% 1990 317 +1.47% 1999 315 −0.07% 2007 322 +0.28% 2012 316 −0.38% 2017 308 −0.51%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Sites and monuments

• The Chapel de Lacour contains a Statuette of the Virgin and child (16th century) which is registered as an historical object.
• 2 Capitals and a fragment of Column in the Place de l'Eglise (11th century) are registered as an historical object.
• A Keystone in the Place de l'Eglise (15th century) is registered as an historical object.

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

External links

• Bar on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Bar on the 1750 Cassini Map