The municipality of Saint-Hilaire-les-Courbes is located in the canton of Treignac and is part of the Regional Natural Park of Millevaches in Limousin.
At the heart of a country dotted with streams and ponds, along the Vézère, upstream Lake Viam and downstream Lake Bariousses.
Its distinctive "curves" (las corbas in Occitan) probably alludes to the soft forms of relief that surround the village around the small pond where the waters of its two ponds sleep.
During walks or mountain bike along the GR 440, the circuit between lakes and ponds, or the paths of St Jacques de Compostela, you can discover its heritage and the diversity of its nature.
With a surface area of 3,636 ha, at an average altitude of 650 m, agriculture is practiced, mainly the breeding of Limousin cows.
