Rougnat

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Rougnat
Rougnat
Coordinates: 46°03′17″N 2°30′07″E / 46.0547°N 2.5019°E / 46.0547; 2.5019Coordinates: 46°03′17″N 2°30′07″E / 46.0547°N 2.5019°E / 46.0547; 2.5019
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Auzances
Intercommunality Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Pierre Désarménien
Area
  Land1 41.01 km2 (15.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 556
  Population2 Density 14/km2 (35/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23164 / 23700
Elevation 430–669 m (1,411–2,195 ft)
(avg. 550 m or 1,800 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.

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

Geography

A large area of forestry, farming and lakes comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Cher, some 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Aubusson on the D996 and the D4 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 816    
1968 856+4.9%
1975 764−10.7%
1982 676−11.5%
1990 631−6.7%
1999 541−14.3%
2008 556+2.8%

Sights

  • The church of St. Laurent, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A dolmen.
  • Vestiges of a Roman villa at Cujasseix.
  • The fifteenth-century Bodeau castle.

See also

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