Nouhant

Nouhant
Nouhant
Location within Limousin region Nouhant
Coordinates: 46°17′06″N 2°23′29″E / 46.285°N 2.3914°E / 46.285; 2.3914Coordinates: 46°17′06″N 2°23′29″E / 46.285°N 2.3914°E / 46.285; 2.3914
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Chambon-sur-Voueize
Intercommunality	Évaux-les-Bains Chambon-sur-Voueize
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Nicolas Simonet
Area¹	25.75 km² (9.94 sq mi)
Population (2008)²	306
• Density	12/km² (31/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23145 / 23170
Elevation	417–555 m (1,368–1,821 ft) (avg. 410 m or 1,350 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.

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

Geography

A area of farming, lakes and streams comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Verneigette, some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Montluçon, at the junction of the D64, D66 and the N145 roads. The commune borders the department of Allier to the east.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	457	—
1968	508	+11.2%
1975	446	−12.2%
1982	378	−15.2%
1990	355	−6.1%
1999	323	−9.0%
2008	306	−5.3%

Sights

The church, dating from the twelfth century.
The remains of a fifteenth-century fortified house at Fressinaud.
The Château du Clos.
A fifteenth-century stone cross.

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nouhant.

Nouhant on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Creuse department

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