Lubersac

Lubersac
Lubersac
Commune
	Renaissance house
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lubersac
	Lubersac Lubersac
	Coordinates: 45°27′N 1°24′E / 45.45°N 1.4°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Uzerche
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Decaie
Area 1	57.46 km2 (22.19 sq mi)
Population (2008)	2,279
• Density	40/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.

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.