Branceilles (; ) is a commune of the Corrèze department in central France.
History The village is first mention in written texts from the 10th century when it was mention as a dependency of the Abbey of Tulle. Prior to that, a Gallo-roman villa stood at place called Saint-Martin and where a spring still exists. In the 14th century, the village had a priory that was a dependency of Vayrac. During the 1600s, Branceilles was now a barony of Lords of Pazayac, near Terrasson. The old chateau stood where the current town hall is situated.
In the late 1800s the vineyards and wine production had been destroyed by the phylloxera pest and farmers reverted to fruit and livestock farming. In 1986 a group of farmers decided to replant the vineyards. By 1990 the first grapes were harvested. In 1989 a cooperative was established called the S.C.A. de la Cave Viticole de Branceilles. They named the wine estate Mille et Une Pierres later renaming it 1001 Pierres in 2019.
Population
Economy The commune is one of the few wine-growing communes in the Limousin, along with Queyssac-les-Vignes, Saint-Julien-Maumont and Verneuil-sur-Vienne.
Places and monuments Church Saint-Martin-de-Tours de Branceilles in Romanesque style, remodelled in the nineteenth century. Fountain of devotion.
See also Communes of the Corrèze department
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