Lubersac
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| Commune of Lubersac | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Limousin |
| Département | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Brive-la-Gaillarde |
| Canton | Lubersac |
| Mayor | Jean-Pierre Decaie (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 380–400 (avg. 390) |
| Land area¹ | 57.46 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,225 |
| - Density (1999) | 38.72/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19121/ 19210 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Lubersac is a small town and commune located near Arnac-Pompadour and Uzerche, formerly called Louparsat (« lou percé » in Limousin) because of the knight's legend whom killed a wolf of a blow of sword to save his beloved. Its inhabitants are named Lubersacois (men) and Lubersacoises (women).
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[edit] Geography
The commune is located on the river Auvézère.
2,169 people live there and so it is considered as a town and not a village. In France, the difference between those is based on the number of inhabitants, more than 2,000 for a town.
[edit] Famous Lubersacois
- Joseph, Count Souham (see also Joseph Souham) was born in Lubersac on April the 30th, 1760. He died on April 28th, 1837 at Versailles. He was a French general of the First French Empire.
[edit] Coats of Arms
"Un loup d'or passant en champ de gueules"
Communal blazon since July 1983, the 11th : « de gueule au loup passant d'or ». Its description seems not very formal with Heraldry habits but can be explain by its origins. According to Malte-Brun, it was the blazon of one of the first lords of the town, nicknamed "Louparsat" (of the occitan limousin, "lou parça", which means "pierced wolf"), lieutenant of the counts of Limoges and who "would have delivered the region of a wild wolf".
