Lafat

Lafat
Lafat
Location within Limousin region  Lafat
Coordinates: 46°20′08″N 1°36′53″E / 46.3356°N 1.6147°ECoordinates: 46°20′08″N 1°36′53″E / 46.3356°N 1.6147°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality	Pays Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Lucien Chevrinais
Area^1	21.28 km^2 (8.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	381
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23103 / 23800
Elevation	261–368 m (856–1,207 ft) (avg. 330 m or 1,080 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D49 and the D69 roads. The small rivers Sédelle and Brézentine, tributaries of the Creuse River, flow through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	583	—
1968	643	+10.3%
1975	601	−6.5%
1982	546	−9.2%
1990	458	−16.1%
1999	384	−16.2%
2008	381	−0.8%

Sights

• The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The thirteenth-century chapel.
• A watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Lafat on the Quid website (French)