Montaigut-le-Blanc, Creuse

Montaigut-le-Blanc
Commune
Montaigut-le-Blanc
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Montaigut-le-Blanc
Coordinates: 46°07′19″N 1°44′09″E / 46.1219°N 1.7358°E / 46.1219; 1.7358Coordinates: 46°07′19″N 1°44′09″E / 46.1219°N 1.7358°E / 46.1219; 1.7358
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Guéret-2
Intercommunality	CA Grand Guéret
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Moreau
Area¹	17.23 km² (6.65 sq mi)
Population (2008)²	383
• Density	22/km² (58/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23132 /23320
Elevation	390–510 m (1,280–1,670 ft) (avg. 437 m or 1,434 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.

Montaigut-le-Blanc is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D22, D52 and the D914 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway station at the nearby hamlet of La Neuville.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	501	—
1968	537	+7.2%
1975	471	−12.3%
1982	461	−2.1%
1990	448	−2.8%
1999	396	−11.6%
2008	383	−3.3%

Sights

The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
The restored fifteenth-century castle.
An eighteenth-century chapel.

References

INSEE

External links

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Communes of the Creuse department

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