Ladapeyre

Ladapeyre
Ladapeyre
Location within Limousin region  Ladapeyre
Coordinates: 46°14′57″N 2°02′57″E / 46.2492°N 2.0492°ECoordinates: 46°14′57″N 2°02′57″E / 46.2492°N 2.0492°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Guéret-Nord
Intercommunality	Petite Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Banville
Area^1	30.63 km^2 (11.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	345
• Density	11/km^2 (29/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23102 / 23270
Elevation	352–528 m (1,155–1,732 ft) (avg. 425 m or 1,394 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.

Ladapeyre is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) west of Guéret, at the junction of the D11, D990 and the D9 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	451	—
1968	495	+9.8%
1975	391	−21.0%
1982	380	−2.8%
1990	336	−11.6%
1999	329	−2.1%
2008	345	+4.9%

Sights

• The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The fifteenth-century castle de la Dauge.
• The three manorhouses of Le Coudard, La Chassagne and La Côte.
• A large lake, the Etang de Fragne.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• An eighteenth-century public washhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Ladapeyre on the Quid website (French)