Les Mars

Les Mars
Les Mars
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Les Mars
Coordinates: 45°58′56″N 2°28′46″E / 45.9822°N 2.4794°ECoordinates: 45°58′56″N 2°28′46″E / 45.9822°N 2.4794°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Auzances
Intercommunality	Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Saint-André
Area^1	12.90 km^2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	207
• Density	16/km^2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23123 / 23700
Elevation	513–657 m (1,683–2,156 ft) (avg. 593 m or 1,946 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.

Les Mars is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and several hamlets, situated some 16 miles (26 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D27 and the D996 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	366	—
1968	372	+1.6%
1975	344	−7.5%
1982	295	−14.2%
1990	274	−7.1%
1999	219	−20.1%
2008	207	−5.5%

Sights

• The thirteenth-century church.
• A restored feudal castle.
• The Château de Cherdon, at Chez-Redon.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Les Mars on the Quid website (French)