Châteauponsac
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Commune of Châteauponsac Church of Châteauponsac |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 01° 16' 37" E |
| Latitude | 46° 08' 05" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Limousin |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Bellac |
| Canton | Châteauponsac (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Gartempe-Saint-Pardoux |
| Mayor | Gérard Lamardelle (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 196 m–471 m (avg. 299 m) |
| Land area¹ | 68.79 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,252 |
| - Density (1999) | 32/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87041/ 87290 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² 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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Châteauponsac is a town and commune in the Haute-Vienne département, in France, where the Remillard family of Québec and the United States originated.
Its 12th century church, Eglise St-Thyrse, is dedicated to Saint Thyrsus.[1]
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