Mautes

Mautes
Mautes
Location within Limousin region  Mautes
Coordinates: 45°56′41″N 2°23′07″E / 45.9447°N 2.3853°ECoordinates: 45°56′41″N 2°23′07″E / 45.9447°N 2.3853°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Bellegarde-en-Marche
Intercommunality	Auzances-Bellegarde
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yolande Plas
Area^1	22.67 km^2 (8.75 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	218
• Density	9.6/km^2 (25/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23127 / 23190
Elevation	568–727 m (1,864–2,385 ft) (avg. 651 m or 2,136 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.

Mautes 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 by the banks of the Roudeau river, some 12 miles (19 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D39, D995 and the D25 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	319	—
1968	370	+16.0%
1975	313	−15.4%
1982	298	−4.8%
1990	262	−12.1%
1999	220	−16.0%
2008	218	−0.9%

Sights

• The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The feudal castles at Barmont and Puy-de-Barmont.
• Traces of Roman villas.
• A menhir.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Mautes on the Quid website (French)