Nouzerolles

Nouzerolles
Commune
Nouzerolles
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Nouzerolles
Coordinates: 46°22′57″N 1°44′33″E / 46.3825°N 1.7425°E / 46.3825; 1.7425Coordinates: 46°22′57″N 1°44′33″E / 46.3825°N 1.7425°E / 46.3825; 1.7425
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality CC Monts et Vallées Ouest Creuse
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Laurent
Area1 8.17 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 102
 • Density 12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23147 /23360
Elevation 210–342 m (689–1,122 ft)
(avg. 343 m or 1,125 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.

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

Geography

A small farming village situated on the border with the department of Indre, some 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D5 and the D78 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms all of the commune’s southern border.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962162—    
1968196+21.0%
1975176−10.2%
1982139−21.0%
1990111−20.1%
1999100−9.9%
2008102+2.0%

Sights

  • The fourteenth-century church.
  • St. Antoine’s chapel
  • A fortified manorhouse.
  • The remains of an eleventh-century tower and a castle.
  • An old stone bridge crossing the Petite Creuse.

See also

References


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