Naves, Corrèze

Naves
Commune
The carved wooden altar, in Saint Peter's Church
Coat of arms
Location of Naves
Naves Naves
Coordinates: 45°18′50″N 1°46′00″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Tulle
Canton	Naves
Intercommunality	CA Tulle Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Longy
Area 1	35.93 km2 (13.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,337
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19146 /19460
Elevation	222–505 m (728–1,657 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Naves (French pronunciation: [nav]; Occitan: Navas) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

Naves's territory is crossed by the rivers Corrèze, Solane, Vigne, Vimbelle, and Céronne.

History

Situated on the crossroad of two importants Roman ways, Naves of Latin Navea (fertile valley), was established in Gallo-Roman period, in this time the village included temples, theater and many other monuments.

• 
  St. Peter's Church.
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  Baptistry.
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  Gaulish helmet found in Tintignac.
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  Altarpiece of St. Peter's Church.

Naves is now growing, thanks to the arrival in 2002 of the A89 linking Lyon to Bordeaux. Since 2000, the people pouring into the town which knows a growth rate of 13% over the past ten years. They are mostly active youth mostly working in Tulle.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,532 —     1800 1,664 +1.19% 1806 1,584 −0.82% 1821 2,046 +1.72% 1831 2,312 +1.23% 1836 2,171 −1.25% 1841 2,152 −0.18% 1846 2,318 +1.50% 1851 2,438 +1.01% 1856 2,504 +0.54% 1861 2,512 +0.06% 1866 2,358 −1.26% 1872 2,599 +1.64% 1876 2,297 −3.04% 1881 2,293 −0.03% 1886 2,371 +0.67% 1891 2,350 −0.18% 1896 2,419 +0.58%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,367 −0.43% 1906 2,321 −0.39% 1911 2,144 −1.57% 1921 1,982 −0.78% 1926 1,835 −1.53% 1931 1,662 −1.96% 1936 1,547 −1.42% 1946 1,535 −0.08% 1954 1,506 −0.24% 1962 1,410 −0.82% 1968 1,386 −0.29% 1975 1,534 +1.46% 1982 1,912 +3.20% 1990 2,187 +1.69% 1999 2,037 −0.79% 2007 2,260 +1.31% 2012 2,338 +0.68% 2017 2,320 −0.15%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department