Faux-Mazuras

Faux-Mazuras
Faux-Mazuras
Location within Limousin region  Faux-Mazuras
Coordinates: 45°55′28″N 1°47′03″E / 45.9244°N 1.7842°ECoordinates: 45°55′28″N 1°47′03″E / 45.9244°N 1.7842°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bourganeuf
Intercommunality	Bourganeuf et Royère-de-Vassivière
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Mazière
Area^1	19.96 km^2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	168
• Density	8.4/km^2 (22/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23078 / 23400
Elevation	454–642 m (1,490–2,106 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 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.

Faux-Mazuras is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A small farming village situated some 19 miles (31 km) southof Guéret at the junction of the D8, D36 and the D37 roads. Coal was mined here for around 100 years until the mid-20th century.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	188	—
1968	216	+14.9%
1975	182	−15.7%
1982	179	−1.6%
1990	169	−5.6%
1999	160	−5.3%
2005	168	+5.0%

Sights

• The abandoned church at Faux, dating from the fifteenth century.
• Two sixteenth-century stone crosses.
• The sixteenth-century chapel at Mazuras.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Faux-Mazuras on the Quid website (French)