Maisonnisses

Maisonnisses
Commune
Monument to Resistance fighters
Maisonnisses
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Maisonnisses
Coordinates: 46°03′49″N 1°53′59″E / 46.0636°N 1.8997°E / 46.0636; 1.8997Coordinates: 46°03′49″N 1°53′59″E / 46.0636°N 1.8997°E / 46.0636; 1.8997
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Ahun
Intercommunality CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Serge Meaume
Area1 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 207
 • Density 19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23118 /23150
Elevation 517–685 m (1,696–2,247 ft)
(avg. 500 m or 1,600 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.

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

Geography

A farming and forestry area comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some 8 miles (13 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D50, D60 and the D34 roads. The small river Gartempe flows through the middle of the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962252—    
1968284+12.7%
1975265−6.7%
1982189−28.7%
1990206+9.0%
1999213+3.4%
2008207−2.8%

Sights

  • The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, dating from the fourteenth century.
  • A war memorial.

See also

References


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