Sögur

Ségur is a French toponym and surname. The name is attached to several places in France and has a long presence in French onomastics. The most notable locality with a closely related form is Segur-le-Château, a commune in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, known for its medieval heritage and hillside setting overlooking a river. Other communes or localities with similar spellings exist in central and southwestern France, typically as small rural settlements.

As a surname, Ségur appears in historical records dating to the Middle Ages and continues in modern French usage. It is commonly treated as a toponymic surname, either derived from an ancestral place name or adopted as a family name tied to a locality.

Etymology for the toponym is not definitively established. Linguistic considerations point to possible roots in Occitan, Latin, or older Gaulish elements, with the name often linked to geographic features such as a hill, rock, or fortification. The spelling varies in historical documents, with accents and forms that reflect regional phonology and orthographic changes over time.

In contemporary usage, Ségur appears in place names and as a family name, reflecting a common medieval practice of deriving surnames from localities. The form and application of the name can differ by region and historical period, but its French origin remains a consistent thread.