Sous-Parsat

Sous-Parsat
Commune
The decorated ceiling in the church
Location of Sous-Parsat
Sous-Parsat Show map of France Sous-Parsat Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 46°03′23″N1°58′51″E / 46.0564°N 1.9808°E / 46.0564; 1.9808
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Ricard [1]
Area 1	9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	114
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23175 /23150
Elevation	486–647 m (1,594–2,123 ft) (avg. 595 m or 1,952 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sous-Parsat (Occitan : Sota) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, farming and forestry comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D17, D45 and the D60 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	179	—
1968	203	+13.4%
1975	191	−5.9%
1982	181	−5.2%
1990	155	−14.4%
1999	138	−11.0%
2008	150	+8.7%

Sights

• The ruins of a seventeenth-century church at Mareille-au-Prieur.
• 2 Roman columns.
• A washhouse and horse-trough at Le Pont.
• The church, with parts dating from the twelfth century and paintings by Gabriel Chabrat realised between in the 1980s.

• 
  Apocalypse
• 
  Crucifixion
• 
  Flight to Egypt

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

External links

• The church paintings, by Chabrat (in French)