Lupersat

Lupersat
Lupersat
Location within Limousin 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	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Bellegarde-en-Marche
Intercommunality	Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Moreigne
Area¹	32.64 km² (12.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)²	329
• 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

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lupersat.

Lupersat on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Creuse department

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