Lubersac

Lubersac
Renaissance house Renaissance house
Coat of arms of Lubersac Coat of arms
Lubersac
Location within Limousin region Lubersac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Lubersac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Decaie
Area1	57.46 km2 (22.19 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,279
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	19121 / 19210
Elevation	380–400 m (1,250–1,310 ft) (avg. 390 m or 1,280 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.

Lubersac is a commune in the Corrèze département in central France near Arnac-Pompadour and Uzerche.

Formerly called Louparsat (« lou percé » in Limousin, can be translated to « pierced wolf » in English), named from the legend of a knight who killed a wolf with a blow of his sword to save his beloved.

Geography

The commune is located on the river Auvézère.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Lubersacois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,513	—
1968	2,444	−2.7%
1975	2,395	−2.0%
1982	2,397	+0.1%
1990	2,248	−6.2%
1999	2,169	−3.5%
2008	2,279	+5.1%

Personalities

• Joseph, Count Souham (see also Joseph Souham) was born in Lubersac on 30 April 1760. He died on 28 April 1837 at Versailles. He was a French general of the First French Empire.

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website of the commune of Lubersac