Bort-les-Orgues, ville manufacturière

Bort les Orgues is located in the heart of the Massif Central, and has the geographical particularity of being the link between the Auvergne and the Limousin. Bort stretches at the bottom of the Dordogne Valley, and is crossed by the beautiful "Rivière Espérance". It is a manufacturing town, which over the centuries has seen the establishment of several factories; clog making, hat making, silk milling, and then an industrial town, becoming the city of leather, its reputation at the Tanneries of Bort. Without forgetting the textile clothing company, "Etablissement MAS, and from 1942, the construction of the dam.