Châteauponsac

Châteauponsac (Chastel Ponçac), also known locally as Château Lorraine, is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Geography
The village lies between the river Semme to the north and the Gartempe 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.

Births

 * Jean Baubérot (born on 26 July 1941), French historian  and sociologist