Issoudun-Létrieix

Issoudun-Létrieix
Commune
The church in Issoudun-Létrieix
Issoudun-Létrieix
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Issoudun-Létrieix
Coordinates: 46°03′40″N 2°08′38″E / 46.0611°N 2.1439°E / 46.0611; 2.1439Coordinates: 46°03′40″N 2°08′38″E / 46.0611°N 2.1439°E / 46.0611; 2.1439
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Gouzon
Intercommunality CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Dominique Latour
Area1 26.43 km2 (10.20 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 297
  Density 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23097 /23130
Elevation 384–598 m (1,260–1,962 ft)
(avg. 405 m or 1,329 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Issoudun-Létrieix is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A large area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 7 miles (11 km) north of Aubusson, near the junction of the D54 and the D94 roads and also on the D990. The commune is in the valley of the Creuse River.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962401    
1968452+12.7%
1975387−14.4%
1982341−11.9%
1990287−15.8%
1999277−3.5%
2008297+7.2%

Sights

  • The thirteenth-century church.
  • An ancient oil mill.
  • Vestiges of Roman occupation.
  • The fifteenth-century château de Haute-Faye.

See also

References


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