Montboucher

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Montboucher
Montboucher
Coordinates: 45°57′15″N 1°40′55″E / 45.9542°N 1.6819°E / 45.9542; 1.6819Coordinates: 45°57′15″N 1°40′55″E / 45.9542°N 1.6819°E / 45.9542; 1.6819
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Bourganeuf
Intercommunality Bourganeuf et Royère-de-Vassivière
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Pateyron
Area
 • Land1 27.68 km2 (10.69 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 367
 • Population2 Density 13/km2 (34/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23133 / 23400
Elevation 379–627 m (1,243–2,057 ft)
(avg. 516 m or 1,693 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.

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

Geography

An area of streams, lakes and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D36, D44 and the D941 roads. The commune is on the border with the departement of Haute-Vienne.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 422—    
1968 484+14.7%
1975 428−11.6%
1982 377−11.9%
1990 356−5.6%
1999 344−3.4%
2008 367+6.7%

Sights

  • The neo-gothic church, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century Château de Vedrenas .

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