Châteauponsac (; ), also known locally as Château Lorraine, is a commune in the
Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture an ...
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...
region
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in western
France
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Geography
The village lies between the river Semme to the north and the
Gartempe
The Gartempe () is a French river, long. It is a left tributary of the Creuse, which it joins in La Roche-Posay. Its source is in the municipality of Peyrabout.
Among its tributaries are the Anglin, the Brame, the Semme and the Ardour.
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to the south, both flowing westward. The Gartempe formed a deep valley, passing below the 12th century church.
Population
Inhabitants are known as ''Châtelots'' in French.
Sights
Its twelfth-century church is dedicated to
Saint Thyrsus
Saint Thyrsus or Thyrse (, literally "thyrsus"; Spanish and ; ; died 251) is venerated as a Christian martyr. He was killed for his faith in Apollonia, Phrygia, during the persecution of Decius, along with Leucius (Λεύκιος ''Leúkios'') ...
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Births
* Jean Baubérot (born on 26 July 1941), French historian and sociologist