Les Mars

Les Mars
Les Mars

Coordinates: 45°58′56″N 2°28′46″E / 45.9822°N 2.4794°E / 45.9822; 2.4794Coordinates: 45°58′56″N 2°28′46″E / 45.9822°N 2.4794°E / 45.9822; 2.4794
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Aubusson
Canton Auzances
Intercommunality Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Saint-André
Area1 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 207
  Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23123 / 23700
Elevation 513–657 m (1,683–2,156 ft)
(avg. 593 m or 1,946 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and several hamlets, situated some 16 miles (26 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D27 and the D996 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962366    
1968372+1.6%
1975344−7.5%
1982295−14.2%
1990274−7.1%
1999219−20.1%
2008207−5.5%

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