Lubersac

Lubersac (French pronunciation: [lybɛʁsak]; Occitan: Liberçac) is a commune in the Corrèze département in central France near Arnac-Pompadour and Uzerche.

Lubersac
Commune
Renaissance house
Coat of arms
Location of Lubersac
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Coordinates: 45°27′N 1°24′E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Uzerche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Gonzalez[1]
Area 1	57.46 km2 (22.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,253
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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. Lubersac station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Saint-Yrieix and Limoges.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Lubersacois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,444	—
1975	2,395	−0.29%
1982	2,397	+0.01%
1990	2,248	−0.80%
1999	2,169	−0.40%
2007	2,267	+0.55%
2012	2,263	−0.04%
2017	2,230	−0.29%
Source: INSEE[3]

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