Reterre

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Reterre

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Reterre
Coordinates: 46°06′14″N 2°28′28″E / 46.1039°N 2.4744°E / 46.1039; 2.4744Coordinates: 46°06′14″N 2°28′28″E / 46.1039°N 2.4744°E / 46.1039; 2.4744
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Évaux-les-Bains
Intercommunality Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Gatier
Area
 • Land1 17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 307
 • Population2 Density 18/km2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23160 / 23110
Elevation 450–617 m (1,476–2,024 ft)
(avg. 530 m or 1,740 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the Chat-Cros river, some 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D24 and the D27 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 433—    
1968 476+9.9%
1975 424−10.9%
1982 380−10.4%
1990 365−3.9%
1999 319−12.6%
2008 307−3.8%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The ruins of a twelfth-century church.
  • The ruins of a feudal castle at Malleville.

See also

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