Peyrat-le-Château
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Peyrat-le-Château (French: [pɛʁa lə ʃɑto]; Occitan: Pairac lo Chasteu) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.
Peyrat-le-Château
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The Château of Peyrat-le-Château | |
![]() Location of Peyrat-le-Château | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′49″N 1°46′25″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Limoges |
| Canton | Eymoutiers |
| Intercommunality | Portes de Vassivière |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Marie-France Mazaud Wittmann[1] |
Area 1 | 52.96 km2 (20.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,025 |
| • Density | 19.35/km2 (50.13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87117 /87470 |
| Elevation | 390–776 m (1,280–2,546 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Inhabitants are known as Peyratois or Castel Peyratois in French.
Notable people
- Gilles Lalay (1962–1992), motorcycle enduro and rally raid competitor
See also
External links
- (in French) tourism Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
