Chaumeil

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Chaumeil

|commune status = Commune

|image = Chaumeil church.JPG

|caption = The town hall and the church in Chaumeil

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Chaumeil 19.svg

|arrondissement = Ussel

|canton = Égletons

|INSEE = 19051

|postal code = 19390

|mayor = Marie Fraysse{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|45.4569|1.8825|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 524

|elevation max m = 911

|area km2 = 31.7

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Chaumeil ({{IPA|fr|ʃomɛj}}; {{langx|oc|Chaumelh}}) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Geography

=Location=

Chaumeil is located 22 km northeast of Tulle, 15 km north-west of Egletons and 10 km southeast of Treignac, in the heart of the Massif des Monédières.

The municipality is part of the territory of the Parc naturel régional de Millevaches en Limousin (Regional Natural Park of the Millevaches) in the Limousin. It is watered by the Corrèze, the Corrèze de Pradines, the Douyge and a stream from the pond (mother branch of the Vimbelle).

=Population=

{{Historical populations

|align=left

|1962|236

|1968|325

|1975|270

|1982|218

|1990|188

|1999|192

|2008|161

}}

Places and monuments

The Croix de Chaumeil, a 16th-century stone cross in the village of Chaumeil.
Church, a 15th-century church with a covered 16th century porch, inside a wood polychrome naive pieta, Madonna and child and reliquary.
Maison des Monédières, gourmet food and handicrafts.

Notable people

Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907), born in the village of Chastagnol, general of the French Army, was a member of the National Assembly (1871-1875), an unmovable senator and three times Minister of War (1882-1883 and 1896-1898).
Jean Ségurel, accordionist.

References

Category:Communes of Corrèze