Ladapeyre

Ladapeyre
Commune
Ladapeyre
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Ladapeyre
Coordinates: 46°14′57″N 2°02′57″E / 46.2492°N 2.0492°E / 46.2492; 2.0492Coordinates: 46°14′57″N 2°02′57″E / 46.2492°N 2.0492°E / 46.2492; 2.0492
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Gouzon
Intercommunality CC Creuse Confluence
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Banville
Area1 30.63 km2 (11.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 345
 • Density 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23102 /23270
Elevation 352–528 m (1,155–1,732 ft)
(avg. 425 m or 1,394 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.

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

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) west of Guéret, at the junction of the D11, D990 and the D9 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962451—    
1968495+9.8%
1975391−21.0%
1982380−2.8%
1990336−11.6%
1999329−2.1%
2008345+4.9%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The fifteenth-century castle de la Dauge.
  • The three manorhouses of Le Coudard, La Chassagne and La Côte.
  • A large lake, the Etang de Fragne.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  • An eighteenth-century public washhouse.

See also

References


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