Magnat-l'Étrange

Magnat-l’Etrange
The Château du Bost, in Magnat-l'Etrange
Magnat-l’Etrange
Location within Limousin region  Magnat-l’Etrange
Coordinates: 45°47′41″N 2°16′45″E / 45.7947°N 2.2792°ECoordinates: 45°47′41″N 2°16′45″E / 45.7947°N 2.2792°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	La Courtine
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Lucien Mestat
Area^1	25.87 km^2 (9.99 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	229
• Density	8.9/km^2 (23/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23115 / 23260
Elevation	636–868 m (2,087–2,848 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.

Magnat-l’Etrange is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry, lakes and streams, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D25, D28, D31 and the D32 roads. The commune is within the natural park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	460	—
1968	462	+0.4%
1975	384	−16.9%
1982	318	−17.2%
1990	245	−23.0%
1999	212	−13.5%
2008	229	+8.0%

Sights

• The church, dating from the eleventh century.
• The fifteenth-century château.
• The Château Dubost, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Magnat-l’Etrange on the Quid website (French)