Méasnes

Méasnes

Méasnes

Méasnes is located in France
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Méasnes
Administration
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Bonnat
Intercommunality Pays Dunois
Mayor Michel Durand
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 280–426 m (920–1,398 ft)
(avg. 362 m/1,188 ft)
Land area1 27.63 km2 (10.67 sq mi)
Population2 592  (2008)
 - Density 21 /km2 (54 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23130/ 23360
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.

Coordinates: 46°25′02″N 1°46′43″E / 46.4172222222°N 1.77861111111°E / 46.4172222222; 1.77861111111

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

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Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 17 miles (27 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D2, D4 and the D22 roads, on the border with the department of Indre. A small tributary of the Petite Creuse, the river Lavaud flows through the middle of the village.

Population

Historical populations
Year Pop. ±%
1962 734
1968 834 +13.6%
1975 719 −13.8%
1982 705 −1.9%
1990 668 −5.2%
1999 615 −7.9%
2008 592 −3.7%

Sights

  • The church of St. Gervaix, dating from the fourteenth century.
  • Traces of the medieval Cistercian abbey of Aubepierre, destroyed in the sixteenth century.
  • Ruins of the castle of Lavaud.
  • The château at Plaix-Goliard.

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