Ségur-le-Château

Ségur-le-Château

Buildings within Ségur-le-Château

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Ségur-le-Château

Coordinates: 45°25′49″N 1°18′21″E / 45.4303°N 1.3058°E / 45.4303; 1.3058Coordinates: 45°25′49″N 1°18′21″E / 45.4303°N 1.3058°E / 45.4303; 1.3058
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton Lubersac
Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Yrieix
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Louis Dupuy
Area1 9.48 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 231
 • Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 19254 / 19230
Elevation 270–397 m (886–1,302 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ségur-le-Château is a commune in the department of Corrèze in central France.

History

The viscounts of Limoges, also called the viscounts of Ségur created a small principality, whose last heir was Henry IV. Ségur was the main home of these viscounts, in the heart of their domain.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962400—    
1968401+0.2%
1975323−19.5%
1982304−5.9%
1990269−11.5%
1999247−8.2%
2008231−6.5%

See also

References

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