Parsac

Part of Parsac-Rimondeix in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Parsac

46°12′11″N 2°09′11″E / 46.2031°N 2.1531°E / 46.2031; 2.1531CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentCreuseArrondissementGuéretCantonGouzonCommuneParsac-RimondeixArea

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.

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]

Geography

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	689	—
1968	768	+11.5%
1975	681	−11.3%
1982	644	−5.4%
1990	619	−3.9%
1999	592	−4.4%
2008	583	−1.5%

Sights

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

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine 23 September 2015 (in French)