Maisonnisses

Maisonnisses
Monument to Resistance fighters
Maisonnisses
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Intercommunality	Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe
Mayor	Serge Meaume (2001–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	517–685 m (1,696–2,247 ft) (avg. 500 m/1,600 ft)
Land area1	11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population2	207  (2008)
- Density	19 /km2 (49 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23118/ 23150
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.

Coordinates: 46°03′49″N 1°53′59″E / 46.0636111111°N 1.89972222222°E / 46.0636111111; 1.89972222222

Maisonnisses is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A farming and forestry area comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some 8 miles (13 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D50, D60 and the D34 roads. The small river Gartempe flows through the middle of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Maisonnisses

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
252	284	265	189	206	213	207

Sights

• The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, dating from the fourteenth century.
• A war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Maisonnisses on the Quid website (French)