Lavaveix-les-Mines

Lavaveix-les-Mines
Commune
Lavaveix-les-Mines
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Lavaveix-les-Mines
Coordinates: 46°04′20″N 2°05′22″E / 46.0722°N 2.0894°E / 46.0722; 2.0894Coordinates: 46°04′20″N 2°05′22″E / 46.0722°N 2.0894°E / 46.0722; 2.0894
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Gouzon
Intercommunality CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Pierre Brignolas
Area1 4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 788
  Density 170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23105 /23150
Elevation 366–500 m (1,201–1,640 ft)
(avg. 387 m or 1,270 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.

Lavaveix-les-Mines (La Vavetz in occitan) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the valley of the river Creuse, some 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D55, D94 and the D942 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,175    
19681,043−11.2%
1975989−5.2%
1982964−2.5%
1990836−13.3%
1999858+2.6%
2008788−8.2%

Sights

  • The nineteenth-century church.
  • Remnants of the nineteenth-century coalmines.

See also

References


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