- Mansat-la-Courrière
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Mansat-la-Courrière
Administration Country France Region Limousin Department Creuse Arrondissement Guéret Canton Bourganeuf Intercommunality Bourganeuf et Royère-de-Vassivière Mayor Raymond Chezeaud
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 391–618 m (1,283–2,028 ft) Land area1 9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi) Population2 87 (2008) - Density 9 /km2 (23 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 23122/ 23400 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: 45°57′47″N 1°48′26″E / 45.9630555556°N 1.80722222222°E
Mansat-la-Courrière is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.
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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
Historical population of Mansat-la-Courrière 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 109 118 112 100 100 94 87 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.
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References
External links
Categories:- Communes of Creuse
- Creuse geography stubs
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