Montaigut-le-Blanc, Creuse

Montaigut-le-Blanc
Commune
Montaigut-le-Blanc
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Montaigut-le-Blanc
Coordinates: 46°07′19″N 1°44′09″E / 46.1219°N 1.7358°E / 46.1219; 1.7358Coordinates: 46°07′19″N 1°44′09″E / 46.1219°N 1.7358°E / 46.1219; 1.7358
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Guéret-2
Intercommunality CA Grand Guéret
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Alain Moreau
Area1 17.23 km2 (6.65 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 383
 • Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23132 /23320
Elevation 390–510 m (1,280–1,670 ft)
(avg. 437 m or 1,434 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.

Montaigut-le-Blanc is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D22, D52 and the D914 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway station at the nearby hamlet of La Neuville.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962501—    
1968537+7.2%
1975471−12.3%
1982461−2.1%
1990448−2.8%
1999396−11.6%
2008383−3.3%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The restored fifteenth-century castle.
  • An eighteenth-century chapel.

See also

References


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