Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois
Encyclopedia
Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois is a commune
in the Corrèze
department in central France
.
has its source in the northwestern part of the commune; it flows southeast through the commune and forms part of its southeastern border.
, a barbarian
people (from Central Asia
) settled in Gaul
in the fifth century.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Corrèze
Corrèze
Corrèze is a department in south central France, named after the Corrèze River.The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens or Corréziennes according to gender.-History:...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
The TriouzouneTriouzoune
The Triouzoune is a long river in the Corrèze département, south-central France. Its source is on the Plateau de Millevaches, north of la Rigaudie, a hamlet in Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois. It flows generally south-southeast...
has its source in the northwestern part of the commune; it flows southeast through the commune and forms part of its southeastern border.
History
The village was once called Taphaleschat. The name is derived from TaifalsTaifals
The Taifals, Taifali, Taifalae, Tayfals, or Theifali were a people settled by the late Roman Empire in Poitou in the fourth century. They served as dediticii and laeti in the Roman and subsequently Merovingian militaries...
, a barbarian
Barbarian
Barbarian and savage are terms used to refer to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized. The word is often used either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage...
people (from Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
) settled in Gaul
Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
in the fifth century.