Lupersat (French pronunciation: [lypɛʁsa]; Occitan: Luperçac) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Lupersat | |
|---|---|
Location of Lupersat  | |
  Lupersat  Lupersat | |
| Coordinates: 45°59′10″N 2°21′24″E / 45.9861°N 2.3567°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Aubusson |
| Canton | Aubusson |
| Intercommunality | CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Soulebot[1] |
| Area 1 | 32.64 km2 (12.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 293 |
| • Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. | |
Geography edit
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 edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 569 | — |
| 1968 | 505 | −11.2% |
| 1975 | 413 | −18.2% |
| 1982 | 401 | −2.9% |
| 1990 | 375 | −6.5% |
| 1999 | 354 | −5.6% |
| 2008 | 329 | −7.1% |
Sights edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lupersat.
 | This Creuse geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |