Parsac

Parsac
Parsac

Coordinates: 46°12′11″N 2°09′11″E / 46.2031°N 2.1531°E / 46.2031; 2.1531Coordinates: 46°12′11″N 2°09′11″E / 46.2031°N 2.1531°E / 46.2031; 2.1531
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Jarnages
Intercommunality Carrefour des Quatre Provinces
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Françoise Riva
Area1 38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 583
  Density 15/km2 (39/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23149 / 23140
Elevation 367–503 m (1,204–1,650 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 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.

Parsac is a former commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Parsac-Rimondeix.[1]

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated on the banks of the river Verraux, some 14 miles (23 km) east of Guéret, at the junction of the D9 and the D13 roads with the N145.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962689    
1968768+11.5%
1975681−11.3%
1982644−5.4%
1990619−3.9%
1999592−4.4%
2008583−1.5%

Sights

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 23 September 2015 (French)

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