Mansat-la-Courrière

Mansat-la-Courrière
Commune
Mansat-la-Courrière
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Mansat-la-Courrière
Coordinates: 45°57′47″N 1°48′26″E / 45.9631°N 1.8072°E / 45.9631; 1.8072Coordinates: 45°57′47″N 1°48′26″E / 45.9631°N 1.8072°E / 45.9631; 1.8072
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Bourganeuf
Intercommunality CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Raymond Chezeaud
Area1 9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 87
 • Density 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23122 /23400
Elevation 391–618 m (1,283–2,028 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.

Mansat-la-Courrière is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in three small valleys, some 16 miles (26 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D36, D941 and the D940 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962109—    
1968118+8.3%
1975112−5.1%
1982100−10.7%
1990100+0.0%
199994−6.0%
200887−7.4%

Sights

  • The church of St. Martial, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The fifteenth-century castle.
  • Traces of a Roman villa.
  • A bronze statue of the Graeco-Roman god Apollo was unearthed here and is now in the Louvre museum.

See also

References


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