Lubersac

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Administration
Commune of Lubersac
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Lubersac
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Decaie (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	380–400 (avg. 390)
Land area¹	57.46 km²
Population² (1999)	2,225
- Density (1999)	38.72/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	19121/ 19210
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Lubersac is a small town and commune located near Arnac-Pompadour and Uzerche, formerly called Louparsat (« lou percé » in Limousin) because of the knight's legend whom killed a wolf of a blow of sword to save his beloved. Its inhabitants are named Lubersacois (men) and Lubersacoises (women).

1 Geography
2 Famous Lubersacois
3 Coats of Arms
4 External links

[edit] Geography

The commune is located on the river Auvézère.

2,169 people live there and so it is considered as a town and not a village. In France, the difference between those is based on the number of inhabitants, more than 2,000 for a town.

[edit] Famous Lubersacois

Joseph, Count Souham (see also Joseph Souham) was born in Lubersac on April the 30^{th^{, 1760. He died on April 28^{th^{, 1837 at Versailles. He was a French general of the First French Empire.}}}}

^{[edit] Coats of Arms}

^{Blazon of Lubersac}

^{"Un loup d'or passant en champ de gueules"}

^{Communal blazon since July 1983, the 11^th : « de gueule au loup passant d'or ». Its description seems not very formal with Heraldry habits but can be explain by its origins. According to Malte-Brun, it was the blazon of one of the first lords of the town, nicknamed "Louparsat" (of the occitan limousin, "lou parça", which means "pierced wolf"), lieutenant of the counts of Limoges and who "would have delivered the region of a wild wolf".}