Saint-Jean-Ligoure

Saint-Jean-Ligoure

The Chateau de Chalucet, in Saint-Jean-Ligoure
Saint-Jean-Ligoure

Coordinates: 45°41′24″N 1°18′47″E / 45.69000°N 1.3131°E / 45.69000; 1.3131Coordinates: 45°41′24″N 1°18′47″E / 45.69000°N 1.3131°E / 45.69000; 1.3131
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Limoges
Canton Pierre-Buffière
Intercommunality Pays de Nexon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Didier Marcellaud
Area1 30.30 km2 (11.70 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 438
  Density 14/km2 (37/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 87151 / 87260
Elevation 226–395 m (741–1,296 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.

Saint-Jean-Ligoure (Occitan: Sent Jan Ligora) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France.

Geography

The river Briance forms all of the commune's northeastern border.

See also

References

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