Lupersat

Lupersat
Commune
Lupersat
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Lupersat
Coordinates: 45°59′10″N 2°21′24″E / 45.9861°N 2.3567°E / 45.9861; 2.3567Coordinates: 45°59′10″N 2°21′24″E / 45.9861°N 2.3567°E / 45.9861; 2.3567
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Aubusson
Intercommunality CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Moreigne
Area1 32.64 km2 (12.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 329
 • Density 10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23113 /23190
Elevation 461–706 m (1,512–2,316 ft)
(avg. 580 m or 1,900 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lupersat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A large area of farming, lakes and forestry comprising a small village and several hamlets situated in the Tardes river valley, some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D38 and the D988 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962569—    
1968505−11.2%
1975413−18.2%
1982401−2.9%
1990375−6.5%
1999354−5.6%
2008329−7.1%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth-century presbytery.
  • A fourteenth-century house at La Chezotte.
  • The remains of a fifteenth-century château at Lavaux-Graton.
  • A chapel with a tower, at Monteil-Sugnet

See also

References


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