La Nouaille (French pronunciation: [la nwaj]; Occitan: La Noalha) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
La Nouaille | |
|---|---|
 The town hall and the war memorial, in La Nouaille | |
Location of La Nouaille  | |
  La Nouaille  La Nouaille | |
| Coordinates: 45°50′51″N 2°03′56″E / 45.8475°N 2.0656°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Aubusson |
| Canton | Felletin |
| Intercommunality | CC Creuse Grand Sud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nadine Ravet[1] |
Area 1 | 48.12 km2 (18.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 231 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23144 /23500 |
| Elevation | 576–846 m (1,890–2,776 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editAn area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valleys of the Thaurion and Banize rivers, some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D26 with the D59 and on the D992 road.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 324 | — |
| 1968 | 401 | +23.8% |
| 1975 | 379 | −5.5% |
| 1982 | 329 | −13.2% |
| 1990 | 264 | −19.8% |
| 1999 | 248 | −6.1% |
| 2008 | 247 | −0.4% |
Sights
edit- The twelfth-century church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul.
- The fifteenth-century manorhouse, the Domaine de Banizette, a national heritage site.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Nouaille.
This Creuse geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |