Féniers

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Féniers
Féniers
Coordinates: 45°45′05″N 2°07′39″E / 45.7514°N 2.1275°E / 45.7514; 2.1275Coordinates: 45°45′05″N 2°07′39″E / 45.7514°N 2.1275°E / 45.7514; 2.1275
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Gentioux-Pigerolles
Intercommunality Sources de la Creuse
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean Claude Alarmaguy
Area
 • Land1 14.33 km2 (5.53 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 86
 • Population2 Density 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23080 / 23100
Elevation 772–922 m (2,533–3,025 ft)

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.

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

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the upper valley of the Creuse River, some 15 miles (24 km) south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D31, D26 and the D8 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 110—    
1968 136+23.6%
1975 128−5.9%
1982 110−14.1%
1990 105−4.5%
1999 93−11.4%
2008 86−7.5%

Sights

  • The twelfth-century church.
  • A menhir.

See also

References

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