Mautes

Mautes
Commune
Mautes
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Mautes
Coordinates: 45°56′41″N 2°23′07″E / 45.9447°N 2.3853°E / 45.9447; 2.3853Coordinates: 45°56′41″N 2°23′07″E / 45.9447°N 2.3853°E / 45.9447; 2.3853
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Aubusson
Intercommunality CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Yolande Plas
Area1 22.67 km2 (8.75 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 218
 • Density 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23127 /23190
Elevation 568–727 m (1,864–2,385 ft)
(avg. 651 m or 2,136 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and several hamlets, situated by the banks of the Roudeau river, some 12 miles (19 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D39, D995 and the D25 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962319—    
1968370+16.0%
1975313−15.4%
1982298−4.8%
1990262−12.1%
1999220−16.0%
2008218−0.9%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The feudal castles at Barmont and Puy-de-Barmont.
  • Traces of Roman villas.
  • A menhir.

See also

References


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