Montaigut-le-Blanc, Creuse

Montaigut-le-Blanc
Montaigut-le-Blanc
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Saint-Vaury
Intercommunality	Guéret Saint-Vaury
Mayor	Alain Moreau (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	390–510 m (1,280–1,670 ft) (avg. 437 m/1,434 ft)
Land area1	17.23 km2 (6.65 sq mi)
Population2	383  (2008)
- Density	22 /km2 (57 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23132/ 23320
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°07′19″N 1°44′09″E / 46.1219444444°N 1.73583333333°E / 46.1219444444; 1.73583333333

Montaigut-le-Blanc is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D22, D52 and the D914 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway station at the nearby hamlet of La Neuville.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	501	—
1968	537	+7.2%
1975	471	−12.3%
1982	461	−2.1%
1990	448	−2.8%
1999	396	−11.6%
2008	383	−3.3%

Sights

• The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The restored fifteenth-century castle.
• An eighteenth-century chapel.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Montaigut-le-Blanc on the Quid website (French)