Mainsat

Mainsat
Mainsat
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Mainsat
Coordinates: 46°03′12″N 2°23′15″E / 46.0533°N 2.3875°E / 46.0533; 2.3875Coordinates: 46°03′12″N 2°23′15″E / 46.0533°N 2.3875°E / 46.0533; 2.3875
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Bellegarde-en-Marche
Intercommunality	Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacqueline Jary
Area¹	34.81 km² (13.44 sq mi)
Population (2008)²	627
• Density	18/km² (47/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23116 / 23700
Elevation	478–670 m (1,568–2,198 ft) (avg. 610 m or 2,000 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.

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

Geography

An area of farming and forestry, lakes and streams, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D4, D19 and the D38 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	695	—
1968	820	+18.0%
1975	743	−9.4%
1982	752	+1.2%
1990	748	−0.5%
1999	682	−8.8%
2008	627	−8.1%

Sights

The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
The fifteenth-century château.
A dolmen at Pellevoisin.
The remains of several Roman villas.
The Château des Portes.
Vestiges of a château at Montgrenier.

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mainsat.

Mainsat on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Creuse department

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