Mortroux

Mortroux
Mortroux
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bonnat
Intercommunality	Marche Avenir
Mayor	Guy Marsaleix (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	300–424 m (980–1,391 ft) (avg. 420 m/1,380 ft)
Land area1	13.28 km2 (5.13 sq mi)
Population2	309  (2008)
- Density	23 /km2 (60 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23136/ 23220
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°23′54″N 1°54′58″E / 46.3983333333°N 1.91611111111°E / 46.3983333333; 1.91611111111

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated some 14 miles (23 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D46, D56 and the D56a roads.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	457	—
1968	484	+5.9%
1975	420	−13.2%
1982	384	−8.6%
1990	331	−13.8%
1999	318	−3.9%
2008	309	−2.8%

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• A seventeenth-century lime-tree.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Mortroux on the Quid website (French)