Malleret

Malleret
Malleret
Location within Limousin region  Malleret
Coordinates: 45°46′00″N 2°19′10″E / 45.7667°N 2.3194°ECoordinates: 45°46′00″N 2°19′10″E / 45.7667°N 2.3194°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	La Courtine
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Lacrocq
Area^1	11.8 km^2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	46
• Density	3.9/km^2 (10/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23119 / 23260
Elevation	716–869 m (2,349–2,851 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.

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

Geography

A small village of farming and forestry situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D29 and the D18 roads. The commune lies within the natural park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	78	—
1968	89	+14.1%
1975	75	−15.7%
1982	61	−18.7%
1990	44	−27.9%
1999	46	+4.5%
2008	46	+0.0%

Sights

• The church of St. John, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The feudal château at Segourzat.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.
• Vestiges of a château at Galmaud.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Malleret on the Quid website (French)