Malleret

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Malleret
Malleret
Coordinates: 45°46′00″N 2°19′10″E / 45.7667°N 2.3194°E / 45.7667; 2.3194Coordinates: 45°46′00″N 2°19′10″E / 45.7667°N 2.3194°E / 45.7667; 2.3194
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton La Courtine
Intercommunality Sources de la Creuse
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Lacrocq
Area
 • Land1 11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 46
 • Population2 Density 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23119 / 23260
Elevation 716–869 m (2,349–2,851 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.

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
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 78—    
1968 89+14.1%
1975 75−15.7%
1982 61−18.7%
1990 44−27.9%
1999 46+4.5%
2008 46+0.0%

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

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