Beaussac | |
Arrondissement: | Nontron |
Canton: | Brantôme |
Commune: | Mareuil en Périgord |
Insee: | 24033 |
Postal Code: | 24340 |
Coordinates: | 45.4953°N 0.5°W |
Elevation M: | 125 |
Elevation Min M: | 105 |
Elevation Max M: | 224 |
Area Km2: | 18.05 |
Population: | 149 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Beaussac (in French pronounced as /bosak/; Limousin: Baussat) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mareuil en Périgord.[2]
The community is located in the Périgord Limousin Regional Nature Park.
On Cassini's early map of France between 1756 and 1789, the village is identified as the Beaussat. In 1793, it is Baussac and in 1801, it is back to Beaussat.
The Lizonne forms the commune's southern border. The stream of Beaussac (ruisseau de Beaussac), a tributary of the Lizonne, forms the commune's southeastern border and part of the commune's southwestern border, separating it from Puyrenier and Rudeau-Ladosse. The town is located southeast of Angoulême, the largest nearby city.