Magnat-l'Étrange

Magnat-l’Etrange
Commune
The Château du Bost, in Magnat-l'Etrange
Magnat-l’Etrange
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Magnat-l’Etrange
Coordinates: 45°47′41″N 2°16′45″E / 45.7947°N 2.2792°E / 45.7947; 2.2792Coordinates: 45°47′41″N 2°16′45″E / 45.7947°N 2.2792°E / 45.7947; 2.2792
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Auzances
Intercommunality Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Lucien Mestat
Area1 25.87 km2 (9.99 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 229
 • Density 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23115 /23260
Elevation 636–868 m (2,087–2,848 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.

Magnat-l’Etrange is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry, lakes and streams, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D25, D28, D31 and the D32 roads. The commune is within the natural park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962460—    
1968462+0.4%
1975384−16.9%
1982318−17.2%
1990245−23.0%
1999212−13.5%
2008229+8.0%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The fifteenth-century château.
  • The Château Dubost, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

References


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