Saint-Martin-Château

Saint-Martin-Château is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.

Saint-Martin-Château
Commune
The Maulde river, at the foot of the Jarrauds waterfall
Location of Saint-Martin-Château
Saint-Martin-Château Saint-Martin-Château
Coordinates: 45°51′29″N 1°47′59″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Felletin
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Nicolas Derieux
Area ^1	31.25 km^2 (12.07 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	144
• Density	4.6/km^2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23216 /23460
Elevation	410–741 m (1,345–2,431 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,134 —     1800 1,229 +8.4% 1806 1,110 −9.7% 1821 1,100 −0.9% 1831 1,196 +8.7% 1836 1,230 +2.8% 1841 1,210 −1.6% 1846 1,294 +6.9% 1851 1,311 +1.3% 1856 1,273 −2.9% 1861 1,176 −7.6% 1866 1,322 +12.4% 1872 1,300 −1.7% 1876 1,235 −5.0% 1881 1,279 +3.6% 1886 1,250 −2.3% 1891 1,289 +3.1% 1896 1,290 +0.1% 1901 1,228 −4.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 1,158 −5.7% 1911 1,118 −3.5% 1921 930 −16.8% 1926 812 −12.7% 1931 695 −14.4% 1936 667 −4.0% 1946 572 −14.2% 1954 485 −15.2% 1962 373 −23.1% 1968 323 −13.4% 1975 259 −19.8% 1982 219 −15.4% 1990 152 −30.6% 1999 135 −11.2% 2005 134 −0.7% 2006 136 +1.5% 2010 159 +16.9% 2011 157 −1.3%

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.