La Forêt-du-Temple

La Forêt-du-Temple
Commune
The village hall and war memorial.
La Forêt-du-Temple
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
La Forêt-du-Temple
Coordinates: 46°25′18″N 1°54′12″E / 46.4217°N 1.9033°E / 46.4217; 1.9033Coordinates: 46°25′18″N 1°54′12″E / 46.4217°N 1.9033°E / 46.4217; 1.9033
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Bonnat
Intercommunality CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Evelyne Moulin
Area1 7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 151
 • Density 20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23084 /23360
Elevation 360–462 m (1,181–1,516 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 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.

La Forêt-du-Temple is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of farming and quarrying comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated on the boundary with the department of Indre, some 19 miles (31 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D990 and the D116 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962358—    
1968337−5.9%
1975264−21.7%
1982190−28.0%
1990163−14.2%
1999151−7.4%
2008151+0.0%

Sights

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A war memorial, including the name of a woman who died of grief after her three sons were killed in World War I.

See also

References


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