Mortroux

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

Mortroux
Coat of arms
Location of Mortroux
Mortroux
Mortroux
Coordinates: 46°23′54″N 1°54′58″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonBonnat
IntercommunalityCC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Guy Marsaleix
Area
1
13.28 km2 (5.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
285
  Density21/km2 (56/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.

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.
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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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