Lupersat

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Michel Soulebot^[1]Area32.64 km² (12.60 sq mi)Population293 • Density9.0/km² (23/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation461–706 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.

Lupersat (French pronunciation: [lypɛʁsa]; Occitan: Luperçac) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References