Mortroux

For the populated place in Wallonia, Belgium, see Mortroux, Belgium.
Mortroux
Commune
Coat of arms of Mortroux
Coat of arms
Location of Mortroux
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Mortroux is located in France
Mortroux
Mortroux
Mortroux is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mortroux
Mortroux
Coordinates: 46°23′54″N 1°54′58″E / 46.3983°N 1.9161°E / 46.3983; 1.9161
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonBonnat
IntercommunalityCC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Guy Marsaleix[1]
Area
1
13.28 km2 (5.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
275
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23136 /23220
Elevation300–424 m (984–1,391 ft)
(avg. 420 m or 1,380 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mortroux (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtʁu]; Occitan: Mortròu) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated some 14 miles (23 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D46, D56 and the D56a roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962457—    
1968484+5.9%
1975420−13.2%
1982384−8.6%
1990331−13.8%
1999318−3.9%
2008309−2.8%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A seventeenth-century lime-tree, the "Sully", named after a Prime Minister under the reign of Henri IV.
  • Pottery finials above windows on a couple of houses.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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