Maisonnisses

Maisonnisses
Monument to Resistance fighters
Maisonnisses
Location within Limousin region  Maisonnisses
Coordinates: 46°03′49″N 1°53′59″E / 46.0636°N 1.8997°ECoordinates: 46°03′49″N 1°53′59″E / 46.0636°N 1.8997°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Intercommunality	Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Serge Meaume
Area^1	11.12 km^2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	207
• Density	19/km^2 (48/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23118 / 23150
Elevation	517–685 m (1,696–2,247 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 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.

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

Geography

A farming and forestry area comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some 8 miles (13 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D50, D60 and the D34 roads. The small river Gartempe flows through the middle of the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	252	—
1968	284	+12.7%
1975	265	−6.7%
1982	189	−28.7%
1990	206	+9.0%
1999	213	+3.4%
2008	207	−2.8%

Sights

• The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, dating from the fourteenth century.
• A war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Maisonnisses on the Quid website (French)