Châtelus-le-Marcheix

Châtelus-le-Marcheix
Châtelus-le-Marcheix
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bénévent-l'Abbaye
Intercommunality	Bénévent-Grand-Bourg
Mayor	Philippe Séraphin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	294–650 m (965–2,130 ft)
Land area1	43.2 km2 (16.7 sq mi)
Population2	365  (2008)
- Density	8 /km2 (21 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23056/ 23430
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.

Coordinates: 46°00′01″N 1°36′31″E / 46.0002777778°N 1.60861111111°E / 46.0002777778; 1.60861111111

Châtelus-le-Marcheix is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A village of farming, forestry, lakes and streams situated some 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Guéret by the banks of the Taurion river and at the junction of the D5, D8 and the D48 roads. The village lies on the pilgrimage path of the Way of St. James.

Population

Historical population of Châtelus-le-Marcheix

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
500	647	495	447	375	356	365[1]

Personalities

• Pierre Michon, writer, was born here in 1945.

Sights

• The church, dating from the fourteenth century.
• Ruins of a feudal castle.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

1. ^ INSEE

External links

• Photographs of the Taurion at Châtelus-le-Marcheix (French)
• Châtelus-le-Marcheix on the Quid website (French)