Marsac, Creuse

Marsac
Commune
A view of Marsac with the Ardour river in the foreground
Marsac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Marsac
Coordinates: 46°05′55″N 1°35′26″E / 46.0986°N 1.5906°E / 46.0986; 1.5906Coordinates: 46°05′55″N 1°35′26″E / 46.0986°N 1.5906°E / 46.0986; 1.5906
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Le Grand-Bourg
Intercommunality	CC Pays Dunois, Pays Sostranien, Bénévent/Grand-Bourg
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Jeanne de Basquiat
Area1	19.67 km2 (7.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	707
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23124 /23210
Elevation	348–470 m (1,142–1,542 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.

Marsac is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the little river Ardour, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D42, D914 and the D57 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The ruins of a fifteenth-century castle.
• Two dolmens.
• Three old public washhouses.
• The chapel des Rorgues

See also

The Ardour at Marsac

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marsac (Creuse).

• Marsac on the Quid website (in French)