Saint-Étienne-de-Fursac

Part of Fursac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Part of Fursac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

46°08′45″N 1°30′48″E / 46.1458°N 1.5133°E / 46.1458; 1.5133CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentCreuseArrondissementGuéretCantonLe Grand-BourgCommuneFursacArea31.7 km² (12.2 sq mi)Population740 • Density23/km² (60/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation316–471 m (1,037–1,545 ft)
(avg. 324 m or 1,063 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Étienne-de-Fursac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿etjɛn də fyʁsak]; Limousin: Furçac (Sent Estefe)) is a former commune in the Creuse department in central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Fursac.^[2]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,528 —     1800 1,576 +3.1% 1806 1,540 −2.3% 1821 1,647 +6.9% 1831 1,843 +11.9% 1836 1,950 +5.8% 1841 1,945 −0.3% 1846 2,015 +3.6% 1851 2,051 +1.8% 1856 1,998 −2.6% 1861 2,029 +1.6% 1866 2,140 +5.5% 1872 2,117 −1.1% 1876 2,170 +2.5% 1881 2,294 +5.7% 1886 2,380 +3.7% 1891 2,339 −1.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 2,343 +0.2% 1901 2,227 −5.0% 1906 2,067 −7.2% 1911 1,968 −4.8% 1921 1,789 −9.1% 1926 1,630 −8.9% 1931 1,577 −3.3% 1936 1,528 −3.1% 1946 1,416 −7.3% 1954 1,295 −8.5% 1962 1,248 −3.6% 1968 1,084 −13.1% 1975 882 −18.6% 1982 904 +2.5% 1990 843 −6.7% 1999 816 −3.2% 2008 849 +4.0%

• Communes of the Creuse department