Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau

Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɛʁ də laplo], literally Saint-Merd of Lapleau; Occitan: Sent Merd de la Pléu) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau
Commune
Location of Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau
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Coordinates: 45°15′28″N 2°04′57″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Ussel
Canton	Égletons
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marion Guichon[1]
Area 1	24.5 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	193
• Density	7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19225 /19320
Elevation	251–610 m (823–2,001 ft) (avg. 570 m or 1,870 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	223	—
1968	292	+30.9%
1975	213	−27.1%
1982	194	−8.9%
1990	156	−19.6%
1999	140	−10.3%
2008	128	−8.6%

Notable people

• Antoine Jourde (1848–1923), socialist politician, born in Saint-Merd

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department