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Masbaraud-Mérignat

Coordinates: 45°58′35″N 1°44′47″E / 45.9764°N 1.7464°E / 45.9764; 1.7464
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Masbaraud-Mérignat
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Masbaraud-Mérignat is located in France
Masbaraud-Mérignat
Masbaraud-Mérignat
Masbaraud-Mérignat is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Masbaraud-Mérignat
Masbaraud-Mérignat
Coordinates: 45°58′35″N 1°44′47″E / 45.9764°N 1.7464°E / 45.9764; 1.7464
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonBourganeuf
CommuneSaint-Dizier-Masbaraud
Area
1
20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
352
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
23400
Elevation370–580 m (1,210–1,900 ft)
(avg. 415 m or 1,362 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Masbaraud-Mérignat (Limousin: Lo Mas de Barèu e Mairinhac) is a former commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud.[2]

Geography

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A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Taurion, some 15 miles (24 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D61 and the D912 roads.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962293—    
1968334+14.0%
1975310−7.2%
1982315+1.6%
1990339+7.6%
1999328−3.2%
2008371+13.1%

Sights

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  • Traces of the abbey of Mérignat, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The chapel, dating from the twentieth century.

Personalities

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See also

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References

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