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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
Mortroux is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.
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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
References
External links
- Mortroux on the Quid website (French)
Categories:- Communes of Creuse
- Creuse geography stubs
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