Correze

Visit Correze, Limousin

Note: this page features Correze village. See also Correze department

Correze is a small town (or rather a large village) north-east of Tulle in the Correze department of the Limousin. The region around Correze, known as the Plateau de Millevaches, is very picturesque with forest covered valleys, small fields and ancient hedgerows, and Limousin cows quietly setting the scene.

Exploring Correze

In Correze itself, there is now a larger, more recent town that has grown up around the original village but the medieval heart is quite intact and is very interesting and attractive. It is found just a few yards off the main road through the town.

Spread out around the sturdy square towered Church of Saint-Martial, the medieval houses have a variety of turrets, carvings and unusual architectural features, and mostly date from the 16th century.

The village also contains some of the original ramparts - one entrance to the village is through the original gateway, at Porte Margot.

The village usefully has explanatory signs indicating the most unusual buildings.

Parking is available opposite the town hall in Correze, just metres from the medieval village.

Attractions nearby

The countryside around Correze is very much as you might imagine that France was 50 years ago, with remote farms lost in the wooded hills, and occasional small villages and towns. In particular we recommend that you visit the village of Treignac (which is classified as one of the most beautiful in France) to the north of Correze.

Be sure to also visit the town of Uzerche to the west of Correze. Uzerche is quite undiscovered by tourists but contains a very extensive historical centre spread along a hilltop and deserves to be better known by visitors to France.

See Limousin and Correze (the region and department for Correze) for more travel ideas...

Photos of Correze

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Suggested places to visit near Correze, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Argentat 31km; Saint-Angel 31km; Donzenac 32km; Collonges-la-Rouge 39km; Mauriac 40km; Turenne 42km; Curemonte 43km; Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne 44km; Segur-le-Chateau 45km;

Correze tourist information: sights and attractions nearby

Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel - remarkable garden (31km) : Millevaches en Limousin - regional natural parc (35km) : Jardin de la Ganille - remarkable garden (39km) : Gouffre de la Fage - site of natural beauty (41km) : Salins - town of art and history (45km) : Verger de Déduit - remarkable garden (48km) :

See more places and a map at places near Correze