Mercœur, Corrèze
commune in Corrèze, France
Mercœur (French pronunciation: [mɛʁkœʁ]; Occitan: Mércuer) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
Geography
The commune of Mercœur, crossed by the 45th parallel north, is therefore located equidistant from the North Pole and the Earth's equator (about 5,000 km).
Mercœur is a commune located in the Massif Central between Brive-la-Gaillarde and Aurillac. It is briefly bordered to the north by the Maronne, an important tributary of the Dordogne river.
Population
Places and monuments
Église Saint-Martin de Mercœur - The building was listed as a historical monument in 1927.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Mercœur, Corrèze” is commune in Corrèze, France. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Mercœur, Corrèze and commune, not as a finished interpretation.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q194844. Authority coordinates are 45.015, 1.948. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1927.
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