Moutier-Malcard

Moutier-Malcard
Moutier-Malcard
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bonnat
Intercommunality	March Avenir
Mayor	Jean-Marie Moutard (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	262–433 m (860–1,421 ft) (avg. 363 m/1,191 ft)
Land area1	25.81 km2 (9.97 sq mi)
Population2	543  (2008)
- Density	21 /km2 (54 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23139/ 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′41″N 1°56′45″E / 46.3947222222°N 1.94583333333°E / 46.3947222222; 1.94583333333

Moutier-Malcard 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 15 miles (24 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D46, D56 and the D990 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms the southern boundary of the commune.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	736	—
1968	865	+17.5%
1975	747	−13.6%
1982	678	−9.2%
1990	573	−15.5%
1999	514	−10.3%
2008	543	+5.6%

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• A fifteenth-century donjon and stone cross.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Moutier-Malcard on the Quid website (French)