Faux-Mazuras

Faux-Mazuras
Faux-Mazuras
Commune
	Location of Faux-Mazuras
	Faux-Mazuras Faux-Mazuras
	Coordinates: 45°55′28″N1°47′03″E / 45.9244°N 1.7842°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bourganeuf
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Bernard Legros
Area 1	19.96 km2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2020)	189
• Density	9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23078 /23400
Elevation	454–642 m (1,490–2,106 ft) ; (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Last updated August 02, 2023

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

Geography

A small farming village situated some 19 miles (31 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D8, D36 and the D37 roads. Coal was mined here for around 100 years until the mid-20th century.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	188	—
1968	216	+14.9%
1975	182	−15.7%
1982	179	−1.6%
1990	169	−5.6%
1999	160	−5.3%
2005	168	+5.0%

Sights

The abandoned church at Faux, dating from the fifteenth century.
Two sixteenth-century stone crosses.
The sixteenth-century chapel at Mazuras.

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References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
↑ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.

[popleg2020-2] "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.

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