Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre

Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
Commune
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
Coordinates: 46°24′38″N 1°49′23″E / 46.4106°N 1.8231°E / 46.4106; 1.8231Coordinates: 46°24′38″N 1°49′23″E / 46.4106°N 1.8231°E / 46.4106; 1.8231
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Bonnat
Intercommunality CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Philippe Durand
Area1 44.73 km2 (17.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 844
 • Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23112 /23360
Elevation 217–433 m (712–1,421 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 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.

Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of streams, lakes and farming, comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some 15 miles (24 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D48 and the D915 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms much of the south-western boundary of the commune’s territory, whilst to the north lies the department of Indre.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,327—    
19681,425+7.4%
19751,266−11.2%
19821,100−13.1%
19901,034−6.0%
1999923−10.7%
2008844−8.6%

Sights

  • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • A menhir.
  • Traces of a Roman settlement called the "Fossé de Châtres".
  • The fourteenth-century castle at the hamlet of Vost, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
  • The chapel at Lignaud, dating from the thirteenth century.

See also

References


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