Lupersat

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Lupersat
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 Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Bellegarde-en-Marche
Intercommunality Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Moreigne
Area
  Land1 32.64 km2 (12.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 329
  Population2 Density 10/km2 (26/sq mi)
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 Limousin 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
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

  • 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

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