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Soubrebost
The church in Soubrebost
The church in Soubrebost
Location of Soubrebost
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonBourganeuf
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Annick Pataud
Area
1
20.76 km2 (8.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
144
 • Density6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23173 /23250
Elevation445–721 m (1,460–2,365 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Thaurion river some 15 miles (24 km) south of Guéret, at the junction of the D13, D36 and the D37 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962123—    
1968193+56.9%
1975156−19.2%
1982142−9.0%
1990135−4.9%
1999139+3.0%
2008144+3.6%

Personalities

  • Martin Nadaud, politician, was born 17 November 1815 in the hamlet of La Martinèche and died there on 28 December 1898.

Sights

  • The church, dating from the thirteenth century, which houses a wooden statue of the same period.

See also

References