Faux-la-Montagne

Faux-la-Montagne
Faux Lake
Faux-la-Montagne
Location within Limousin region  Faux-la-Montagne
Coordinates: 45°45′06″N 1°56′08″E / 45.7517°N 1.9356°ECoordinates: 45°45′06″N 1°56′08″E / 45.7517°N 1.9356°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Gentioux-Pigerolles
Intercommunality	Plateau de Gentioux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Catherine Moulin
Area^1	47.89 km^2 (18.49 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	364
• Density	7.6/km^2 (20/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23077 / 23340
Elevation	525–826 m (1,722–2,710 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-la-Montagne is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets some 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Aubusson at the junction of the D3, D85 and the D992 roads. On its southern and eastern sides, the commune borders the department of Corrèze and is within the national park of the Millevaches (not 1000 cows, but lakes).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	435	—
1968	565	+29.9%
1975	417	−26.2%
1982	396	−5.0%
1990	391	−1.3%
1999	394	+0.8%
2008	364	−7.6%

Sights

• The twelfth-century church.
• Two chapels.
• A dolmen at Landoras
• The Lac de Vassivière and the dam, built in 1952.
• Two châteaux, at the hamlets of La Feuillade and Thézillat.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Faux-la-Montagne on the Quid website (French)