La Villetelle

La Villetelle
Commune
La Villetelle
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
La Villetelle
Coordinates: 45°55′11″N 2°20′30″E / 45.9197°N 2.3417°E / 45.9197; 2.3417Coordinates: 45°55′11″N 2°20′30″E / 45.9197°N 2.3417°E / 45.9197; 2.3417
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Auzances
Intercommunality CC Creuse Grand Sud
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jacques Bœuf
Area1 16.14 km2 (6.23 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 160
  Density 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23266 /23260
Elevation 540–727 m (1,772–2,385 ft)
(avg. 650 m or 2,130 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 Villetelle is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small farming and forestry village situated some 10 miles (16 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D25, D9 and the D941 road.

The river Tardes forms all of the commune's southwestern border.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962235    
1968265+12.8%
1975224−15.5%
1982193−13.8%
1990188−2.6%
1999171−9.0%
2008160−6.4%

Sights

  • The nineteenth-century church of St.Laurent.
  • A seventeenth-century coaching inn.
  • The château de Lavaud-Provins.

See also

References


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