La Nouaille

La Nouaille
Commune
The town hall and the war memorial, in La Nouaille
La Nouaille
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
La Nouaille
Coordinates: 45°50′51″N 2°03′56″E / 45.8475°N 2.0656°E / 45.8475; 2.0656Coordinates: 45°50′51″N 2°03′56″E / 45.8475°N 2.0656°E / 45.8475; 2.0656
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Felletin
Intercommunality CC Creuse Grand Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Georget
Area1 48.12 km2 (18.58 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 247
 • Density 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23144 /23500
Elevation 576–846 m (1,890–2,776 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 Nouaille 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 in the valleys of the Thaurion and Banize rivers, some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D26 with the D59 and on the D992 road.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962324—    
1968401+23.8%
1975379−5.5%
1982329−13.2%
1990264−19.8%
1999248−6.1%
2008247−0.4%

Sights

  • The twelfth-century church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul.
  • The fifteenth-century manorhouse, the Domaine de Banizette, a national heritage site.

See also

References


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