Sous-Parsat

Sous-Parsat
The decorated ceiling in the church
Sous-Parsat
Location within Limousin region  Sous-Parsat
Coordinates: 46°03′23″N 1°58′51″E / 46.0564°N 1.9808°ECoordinates: 46°03′23″N 1°58′51″E / 46.0564°N 1.9808°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs
Intercommunality	Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Conchon
Area^1	9.14 km^2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	150
• Density	16/km^2 (43/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23175 / 23150
Elevation	486–647 m (1,594–2,123 ft) (avg. 595 m or 1,952 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.

Sous-Parsat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, farming and forestry comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D17, D45 and the D60 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	179	—
1968	203	+13.4%
1975	191	−5.9%
1982	181	−5.2%
1990	155	−14.4%
1999	138	−11.0%
2008	150	+8.7%

Sights

• The ruins of a seventeenth-century church at Mareille-au-Prieur.
• 2 Roman columns.
• A washhouse and horse-trough at Le Pont.
• The church, with parts dating from the twelfth century and paintings by Gabriel Chabrat realised between in the 1980s.

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  Apocalypse
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  Crucifixion
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  Flight to Egypt

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• The church paintings, by Chabrat (French)
• Sous-Parsat on the Quid website (French)