Moutier-d'Ahun

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Moutier-d’Ahun
Abbey
Moutier-d’Ahun
Coordinates: 46°05′33″N 2°03′20″E / 46.0925°N 2.0556°E / 46.0925; 2.0556Coordinates: 46°05′33″N 2°03′20″E / 46.0925°N 2.0556°E / 46.0925; 2.0556
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Ahun
Intercommunality Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Claude Trunde
Area
  Land1 9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 168
  Population2 Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23138 / 23150
Elevation 340–456 m (1,115–1,496 ft)
(avg. 362 m or 1,188 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.

Moutier-d’Ahun is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated some 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Guéret at the junction of the D16, D13 and the D942 roads. The Creuse River flows through the middle of the village.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 236    
1968 274+16.1%
1975 244−10.9%
1982 234−4.1%
1990 195−16.7%
1999 193−1.0%
2008 168−13.0%

Sights

  • The church, once part of a monastery, dating from the fourteenth century.
  • A medieval stone bridge.

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