La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes

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La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes
La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes
Coordinates: 45°53′05″N 2°26′29″E / 45.8847°N 2.4414°E / 45.8847; 2.4414Coordinates: 45°53′05″N 2°26′29″E / 45.8847°N 2.4414°E / 45.8847; 2.4414
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Crocq
Intercommunality Pays Marchois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Louis Giraud
Area
  Land1 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 60
  Population2 Density 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23129 / 23260
Elevation 692–802 m (2,270–2,631 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.

La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D941. The commune is bordered to the east by the department of Allier.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 134    
1968 110−17.9%
1975 96−12.7%
1982 99+3.1%
1990 96−3.0%
1999 73−24.0%
2008 60−17.8%

Sights

  • The nineteenth-century church.

See also

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