Nouzerolles

Nouzerolles
Commune
Location of Nouzerolles
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Coordinates: 46°22′57″N 1°44′33″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality	CC Pays Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Laurent
Area 1	8.17 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	95
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23147 /23360
Elevation	210–342 m (689–1,122 ft) (avg. 343 m or 1,125 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nouzerolles is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small farming village situated on the border with the department of Indre, some 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D5 and the D78 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms all of the commune's southern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	162	—
1968	196	+21.0%
1975	176	−10.2%
1982	139	−21.0%
1990	111	−20.1%
1999	100	−9.9%
2008	102	+2.0%

Sights

• The fourteenth-century church.
• St. Antoine's chapel
• A fortified manorhouse.
• The remains of an eleventh-century tower and a castle.
• An old stone bridge crossing the Petite Creuse.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department