Malleret

Malleret
Malleret
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	La Courtine
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Mayor	Michel Lacrocq (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	716–869 m (2,349–2,851 ft)
Land area1	11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population2	46  (2008)
- Density	4 /km2 (10 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23119/ 23260
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: 45°46′00″N 2°19′10″E / 45.7666666667°N 2.31944444444°E / 45.7666666667; 2.31944444444

Malleret is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A small village of farming and forestry situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D29 and the D18 roads. The commune lies within the natural park of the ‘Millevaches’ (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

Historical population of Malleret

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
78	89	75	61	44	46	46

Sights

• The church of St. John, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The feudal château at Segourzat.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• Vestiges of a château at Galmaud.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Malleret on the Quid website (French)