Montboucher

Montboucher
Montboucher
Location within Limousin region  Montboucher
Coordinates: 45°57′15″N 1°40′55″E / 45.9542°N 1.6819°ECoordinates: 45°57′15″N 1°40′55″E / 45.9542°N 1.6819°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bourganeuf
Intercommunality	Bourganeuf et Royère-de-Vassivière
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Pateyron
Area^1	27.68 km^2 (10.69 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	367
• Density	13/km^2 (34/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23133 / 23400
Elevation	379–627 m (1,243–2,057 ft) (avg. 516 m or 1,693 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.

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

Geography

An area of streams, lakes and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D36, D44 and the D941 roads. The commune is on the border with the departement of Haute-Vienne.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	422	—
1968	484	+14.7%
1975	428	−11.6%
1982	377	−11.9%
1990	356	−5.6%
1999	344	−3.4%
2008	367	+6.7%

Sights

• The neo-gothic church, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century Château de Vedrenas .

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Montboucher on the Quid website (French)