Sioniac

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Sioniac
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Sioniac
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Coordinates: 44°58′32″N 1°48′47″E / 44.9756°N 1.8131°E / 44.9756; 1.8131
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Midi Corrézien
Intercommunality	Midi Corrézien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Puyjalon[1]
Area 1	10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	227
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19260 /19120
Elevation	193–387 m (633–1,270 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sioniac (French pronunciation: [sjɔnjak]; Occitan: Seunhac) is a commune in the Corrèze department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.^[3]

The origin of the Sioniac's name today has evolved over time. From records, it is first recorded as Siuiniacum during the 9th century, the suffice -acum being Latin for the property of the man Sivinius.^[4]: 120 It is later recorded as Siviniaco vico and Siviniacus in 859 and by 1315 as Seunhac in Occitan.^[4]: 120

Sioniac lies in the southernmost part of the Corrèze department, near the river Dordogne. It is part of the functional area of Biars-sur-Cère and Saint-Céré.^[3]

Prior to the 9th Century, little is known about the origins of Sioniac but when Rodoulf, Archbishop of Bourges established a monastery down the hill at Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, he gave the church of Saint-Saturnin at Sioniac in May 859 to the newly established monks.^[6] In June 859, Rudolf obtained a charter from King Charles the Bald to establish a market in Sioniac.^[6] This market remained the main market for Beaulieu until the medieval period.^[6] Other sources say the market could be older as the village was positioned on an ancient north-south trading route between Pay Arnac and Quercy.

An older church served the area prior to the formation of the abbey at Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne.^[7] The current church was built in the 11th century, with later additions from the 12th, 15th and 17th centuries.^[7] It's a small Romanesque church with single nave with the first span a barrel vault while the other three consist of rib vaults.^[7] There are six semi-round columns with buried bases that have curved volute capitals at their tops and support double arches.^[7] Eight recessed columns with rebated capitals support the diagonal arches.^[7] It has a tall pointed gable bell tower dates which from the 15th century.^[7] It became a Historical Monument of France on 16 September 1949.^[7]

Now a private property, was an old hunting lodge of the Lords of d'Estresse.^[8]: 95 It was built in the 13th century and extensions added in the 16th century.^[9]

• Communes of the Corrèze department

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