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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Méasnes
Commune
Location of Méasnes
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Coordinates: 46°25′02″N 1°46′43″E / 46.4172°N 1.7786°E / 46.4172; 1.7786
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonBonnat
IntercommunalityCC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marc Lamontagne
Area27.63 km (10.67 sq mi)
Population525
 • Density19/km (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code23130 /23360
Elevation280–426 m (919–1,398 ft)
(avg. 362 m or 1,188 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Méasnes (French pronunciation: [me.an]; Occitan: Mesnes) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 17 miles (27 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D2, D4 and the D22 roads, on the border with the department of Indre. A small tributary of the Petite Creuse, the river Lavaud flows through the middle of the village.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962734—    
1968834+13.6%
1975719−13.8%
1982705−1.9%
1990668−5.2%
1999615−7.9%
2008592−3.7%

Sights

  • The church of St. Gervaix, dating from the fourteenth century.
  • Traces of the medieval Cistercian abbey of Aubepierre, destroyed in the sixteenth century.
  • Ruins of the castle of Lavaud.
  • The château at Plaix-Goliard.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
Communes of the Creuse department


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