La Nouaille

La Nouaille
The town hall and the war memorial, in La Nouaille
La Nouaille
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  La Nouaille
Coordinates: 45°50′51″N 2°03′56″E / 45.8475°N 2.0656°ECoordinates: 45°50′51″N 2°03′56″E / 45.8475°N 2.0656°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Gentioux-Pigerolles
Intercommunality	Plateau de Gentioux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Georget
Area^1	48.12 km^2 (18.58 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	247
• Density	5.1/km^2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23144 / 23500
Elevation	576–846 m (1,890–2,776 ft)
^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.

La Nouaille is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valleys of the Thaurion and Banize rivers, some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D26 with the D59 and on the D992 road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	324	—
1968	401	+23.8%
1975	379	−5.5%
1982	329	−13.2%
1990	264	−19.8%
1999	248	−6.1%
2008	247	−0.4%

Sights

• The twelfth-century church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul.
• The fifteenth-century manorhouse, the Domaine de Banizette, a national heritage site.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• La Nouaille on the Quid website (French)