Mansat-la-Courrière

Mansat-la-Courrière
Mansat-la-Courrière
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bourganeuf
Intercommunality	Bourganeuf et Royère-de-Vassivière
Mayor	Raymond Chezeaud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	391–618 m (1,283–2,028 ft)
Land area1	9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Population2	87  (2008)
- Density	9 /km2 (23 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23122/ 23400
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°57′47″N 1°48′26″E / 45.9630555556°N 1.80722222222°E / 45.9630555556; 1.80722222222

Mansat-la-Courrière is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin 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 of Mansat-la-Courrière

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
109	118	112	100	100	94	87

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)