La Porcherie
La Porcherie (Occitan: La Porcharia) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.
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Location of La Porcherie 
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| Coordinates: 45°34′55″N 1°32′42″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Limoges |
| Canton | Eymoutiers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Claude Parot |
| Area 1 | 31.34 km2 (12.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 514 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87120 /87380 |
| Elevation | 399–539 m (1,309–1,768 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Notable people
- Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (8 June 1851 – 31 December 1940): French physician and physicist, born in Château de la Borie, in La Porcherie; inventor of the moving-coil D'Arsonval galvanometer and the thermocouple ammeter. D'Arsonval was an important contributor to the emerging field of electrophysiology, the study of the effects of electricity on biological organisms, in the 19th century.[2]
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Lance Day; Ian McNeil, eds. (1998). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 45. ISBN 0-203-02829-5.
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