Mansat-la-Courrière
Mansat-la-Courrière | |
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| Coordinates: 45°57′47″N 1°48′26″E / 45.9631°N 1.8072°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Guéret |
| Canton | Bourganeuf |
| Intercommunality | CC Creuse Sud Ouest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Dugay[1] |
| Area 1 | 9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 64 |
| • Density | 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23122 /23400 |
| Elevation | 391–618 m (1,283–2,028 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Mansat-la-Courrière (French pronunciation: [mɑ̃sa la kuʁjɛʁ]; Occitan: Mançac la Corriéra) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
[edit]A small farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in three small valleys, some 16 miles (26 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D36, D941 and the D940 roads.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 109 | — |
| 1968 | 118 | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 112 | −5.1% |
| 1982 | 100 | −10.7% |
| 1990 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 94 | −6.0% |
| 2008 | 87 | −7.4% |
Sights
[edit]- The church of St. Martial, dating from the twelfth century.
- The fifteenth-century castle.
- Traces of a Roman villa.
- A bronze statue of the Graeco-Roman god Apollo was unearthed here and is now in the Louvre museum.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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