Mansat-la-Courrière
Mansat-la-Courrière is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
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| Coordinates: 45°57′47″N 1°48′26″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Guéret |
| Canton | Bourganeuf |
| Intercommunality | CC Creuse Sud Ouest |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Raymond Chezeaud |
| Area 1 | 9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 83 |
| • Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. | |
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 109 | — |
| 1968 | 118 | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 112 | −5.1% |
| 1982 | 100 | −10.7% |
| 1990 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 94 | −6.0% |
| 2008 | 87 | −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
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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