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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Nouzerolles
Commune
Location of Nouzerolles
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Coordinates: 46°22′57″N 1°44′33″E / 46.3825°N 1.7425°E / 46.3825; 1.7425
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonDun-le-Palestel
IntercommunalityCC Pays Dunois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Laurent
Area8.17 km (3.15 sq mi)
Population97
 • Density12/km (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code23147 /23360
Elevation210–342 m (689–1,122 ft)
(avg. 343 m or 1,125 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nouzerolles (French pronunciation: [nuzʁɔl]; Occitan: Noseròles) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small farming village situated on the border with the department of Indre, some 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D5 and the D78 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms all of the commune's southern border.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962162—    
1968196+21.0%
1975176−10.2%
1982139−21.0%
1990111−20.1%
1999100−9.9%
2008102+2.0%

Sights

  • The fourteenth-century church.
  • St. Antoine's chapel
  • A fortified manorhouse.
  • The remains of an eleventh-century tower and a castle.
  • An old stone bridge crossing the Petite Creuse.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  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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