Ambazac

French commune
nomcommune=Ambazac
latitude=45.95833
longitude=1.40083
insee=87002
cp=87240
région=Limousin
département=Haute-Vienne
arrondissement=Limoges
canton=Ambazac
intercomm=Monts d'Ambazac et du Val du Taurion
maire=Élisabeth Maciejowski
mandat=2001-2008
alt mini=243
alt maxi=666 m
area=57.83
sans=4836
date-sans=1999
dens=84|

Ambazac ( _oc. Embasac) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in western France.

Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was formatnum:4836. On 1 January 2005, the estimate was formatnum:5132.

Famous people

* Maurice Boitel, painter artist, he painted in Ambazac between 1947 et 1996;
* Raymond de Sèze, barrister and member of the Académie française ;
* Canon Landon, épigraphist and latinist, priest of Ambazac;
* Catherine Cesarsky, astrophysicist

ee also

*Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

References

* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon