Mansat-la-Courrière

Mansat-la-Courrière
Mansat-la-Courrière
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Mansat-la-Courrière
Coordinates: 45°57′47″N 1°48′26″E / 45.9631°N 1.8072°ECoordinates: 45°57′47″N 1°48′26″E / 45.9631°N 1.8072°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bourganeuf
Intercommunality	Bourganeuf et Royère-de-Vassivière
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Chezeaud
Area^1	9.42 km^2 (3.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	87
• Density	9.2/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23122 / 23400
Elevation	391–618 m (1,283–2,028 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.

Mansat-la-Courrière is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in three small valleys, some 16 miles (26 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D36, D941 and the D940 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	109	—
1968	118	+8.3%
1975	112	−5.1%
1982	100	−10.7%
1990	100	+0.0%
1999	94	−6.0%
2008	87	−7.4%

Sights

• The church of St. Martial, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth-century castle.
• Traces of a Roman villa.
• A bronze statue of the Graeco-Roman god Apollo was unearthed here and is now in the Louvre museum.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Mansat-la-Courrière on the Quid website (French)