Montsauche-les-Settons

Montsauche-les-Settons
Commune
A general view of Montsauche-les-Settons

Coat of arms
Montsauche-les-Settons
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Montsauche-les-Settons
Coordinates: 47°12′56″N 4°01′36″E / 47.2156°N 4.0267°E / 47.2156; 4.0267Coordinates: 47°12′56″N 4°01′36″E / 47.2156°N 4.0267°E / 47.2156; 4.0267
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Nièvre
Arrondissement Château-Chinon (Ville)
Canton Château-Chinon
Intercommunality Les Grands Lacs du Morvan
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Lionel Thenault
Area1 44.30 km2 (17.10 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 610
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 58180 /58230
Elevation 467–701 m (1,532–2,300 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.

Montsauche-les-Settons is a commune in the Nièvre department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in central France. Administrative seat of the canton in northeastern Nièvre, Montsauche-les Settons is completely rural, the commune composed of a settlement, half of Lac des Settons (lake), and a few dispersed hamlets.

Geography

The commune of Montsauche-les Settons is centrally located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the Morvan mountainous massif, at the heart of the protected natural area of the Parc naturel régional du Morvan.

The settlement, located 3 km from the lake, contains all the businesses and essential services of the area. The lake area's economy is organized around tourism, while the principal economic activity of the surrounding hamlets is raising cattle and Christmas tree farming.

The associated historical place names of the area are:

  • Abattis ou Les Habattées
  • Argoulois ou Argoulais (1512)
  • les Avonnières or Les Avoignières
  • Bois-Bouché
  • Bois Grands Champs
  • le Bois l'Abbesse
  • Bonnin or Bonin
  • Bouquin (destroyed mill)
  • la Brosse
  • Champ du Pont
  • Champgazon or Champ-Gazon
  • les Champigneux
  • la Croix des Chazelles
  • Creux de Fonteny or Crots de Fonteny
  • le Détrapis (les Détrapés) ou les Trapis
  • la Faye or la Faix (1618)
  • les Branlasses
  • Gadreys
  • les Grands-Bois
  • le Gué
  • la Guette or la Gaitte (1407)
  • l'Huis Gaumont
  • l'Huis Grillot (hameau détruit)
  • Mallerin
  • Montélesme
  • Montgirault
  • Moulin de Nataloup(x)
  • Nataloup(x) or Nathaloup (1605)
  • Outre Cure or Oultre-Cure (1607)
  • Palmarou(x) or Pallemarou (1638)
  • Pré Gaumont
  • Roche
  • Rue de la Garenne (ruisseau)
  • la Verrerie

Bordering Communes

Brassy Dun-les-Places
Ouroux-en-Morvan N Gouloux
W    Montsauche-les-Settons    E
S
Planchez Moux-en-Morvan

See also

References


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