Méasnes

Méasnes
Méasnes
Location within Limousin region  Méasnes
Coordinates: 46°25′02″N 1°46′43″E / 46.4172°N 1.7786°ECoordinates: 46°25′02″N 1°46′43″E / 46.4172°N 1.7786°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bonnat
Intercommunality	Pays Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Durand
Area^1	27.63 km^2 (10.67 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	592
• Density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23130 / 23360
Elevation	280–426 m (919–1,398 ft) (avg. 362 m or 1,188 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 17 miles (27 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D2, D4 and the D22 roads, on the border with the department of Indre. A small tributary of the Petite Creuse, the river Lavaud flows through the middle of the village.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	734	—
1968	834	+13.6%
1975	719	−13.8%
1982	705	−1.9%
1990	668	−5.2%
1999	615	−7.9%
2008	592	−3.7%

Sights

• The church of St. Gervaix, dating from the fourteenth century.
• Traces of the medieval Cistercian abbey of Aubepierre, destroyed in the sixteenth century.
• Ruins of the castle of Lavaud.
• The château at Plaix-Goliard.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Méasnes on the Quid website (French)