Rilhac-Lastours

Rilhac-Lastours
Commune
The church of St-Pierre-ès-Liens, in Lastours
Coat of arms
Location of Rilhac-Lastours
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Coordinates: 45°38′59″N1°07′17″E / 45.6497°N 1.1214°E / 45.6497; 1.1214
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Limoges
Canton	Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
Intercommunality	Pays de Nexon-Monts de Châlus
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Barry [1]
Area 1	16.32 km2 (6.30 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	381
• Density	23.3/km2 (60.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	87124 /87800
Elevation	315–557 m (1,033–1,827 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rilhac-Lastours (Limousin: Rilhac de Las Tors) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

History

Lithic (stone) tools from the Mesolithic period, along with pottery fragments from the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) and Middle Bronze Age, attest to human presence in the area during these prehistoric and protohistoric periods. ^[3]

See also

• Gouffier of Lastours
• Château de Lastours
• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Vuaillat, Dominique (1985). "Informations archéologiques. Circonscriptions des Antiquités préhistoriques, Limousin". Gallia Préhistoire (in French). 28 (2): 305 – via Persée.