Parsac (Auvergnat: Parçac) 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.[2]

Parsac
Location of Parsac
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Parsac is located in France
Parsac
Parsac
Parsac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Parsac
Parsac
Coordinates: 46°12′11″N 2°09′11″E / 46.2031°N 2.1531°E / 46.2031; 2.1531
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonGouzon
CommuneParsac-Rimondeix
Area
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38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
624
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
23140
Elevation367–503 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.

Geography

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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

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

Sights

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  • The twelfth-century church.
  • The remains of two feudal castles.
  • An old stone bridge.
  • The fifteenth-century tower.
  • A twelfth-century chapel at La Madeleine

See also

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References

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