Le Compas

Le Compas
Le Compas
Location within Limousin region  Le Compas
Coordinates: 45°59′48″N 2°27′46″E / 45.9967°N 2.4628°ECoordinates: 45°59′48″N 2°27′46″E / 45.9967°N 2.4628°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Auzances
Intercommunality	Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denise Lavaud
Area^1	16.54 km^2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	218
• Density	13/km^2 (34/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23066 / 23700
Elevation	546–688 m (1,791–2,257 ft) (avg. 650 m or 2,130 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and several hamlets, situated in the valley of the river Jarasse, some 15 miles (24 km) east of Aubusson, near the junction of the D25, D276 and the D996 roads and also on the D998.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	312	—
1968	332	+6.4%
1975	270	−18.7%
1982	235	−13.0%
1990	216	−8.1%
1999	197	−8.8%
2008	218	+10.7%

Sights

• The twelfth-century church.
• A dolmen, the "Pierres Folles" near Marcillat-la-Farge.
• The château de Lavaud-Chaussade.
• The ruins of the château de Lavaud-Blanche.
• A modern chapel at Le Thiel.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Le Compas on the Quid website (French)