Uzerche
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Place details
- Locality
- Uzerche
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,143
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Uzerche
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- View of Uzerche - 02.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The historic center.
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Uzerche (Corrèze).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Tulle
- French commune.canton
- Uzerche
- French commune.INSEE
- 19276
- French commune.postal code
- 19140
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Paul Grador
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Pays d'Uzerche
- French commune.elevation m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Faubourg-Égalité
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Tulle
- Population
- +2814
- Area
- +23.85
- Elevation
- +354
- Body of water
- Vézère
- Shares border with
- Les Trois-Saints
- Official website
- www.uzerche.fr
- Image
- Uzerche 20 juin 2008 009.jpg
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Name
- Location
- History
- Strategic location
- Frankish fortress to the Abbey of Saint Pierre
- 10th to 14th centuries
- Development of the judiciary and royal patronage of the city
- From the French Revolution to the present day
- Traffic and transport
- Population
- Agriculture
- Personalities
- See also
- References
- Gallery
- External links
Uzerche (; ) is a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.
In 1787, the English writer Arthur Young described the town as "the pearl of the Limousin" because of its picturesque setting. Built on a defensible rocky outcrop in an oxbow of the river Vézère, and located at a medieval crossroads, Uzerche has a long cultural heritage. Under Pepin the Short, the city was the seat of an influential abbey and a seneschal. Uzerche still has many castles, hotels, and other buildings displaying turrets built by the Uzechoise nobility, thus adding weight to the saying "He who owns a house in Uzerche has a castle in the Limousin." In 1996 Uzerche was awarded "village étape" status and, since 2010, has been listed among the towns of France to be worthy of a "plus beaux détour".