La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes

La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes
Commune
La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes
Coordinates: 45°53′05″N 2°26′29″E / 45.8847°N 2.4414°E / 45.8847; 2.4414Coordinates: 45°53′05″N 2°26′29″E / 45.8847°N 2.4414°E / 45.8847; 2.4414
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Auzances
Intercommunality CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Louis Giraud
Area1 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 60
 • Density 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23129 /23260
Elevation 692–802 m (2,270–2,631 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 Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D941. The commune is bordered to the east by the department of Allier.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962134—    
1968110−17.9%
197596−12.7%
198299+3.1%
199096−3.0%
199973−24.0%
200860−17.8%

Sights

  • The nineteenth-century church.

See also

References


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