Le Mas-d'Artige

Le Mas-d’Artige
Le Mas-d’Artige
Location within Limousin region Le Mas-d’Artige
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	La Courtine
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilles Magrit
Area1	16.21 km2 (6.26 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	101
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23125 / 23100
Elevation	686–921 m (2,251–3,022 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.

Le Mas-d’Artige is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and several hamlets, situated some 15 miles (24 km) south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D8, D28 and the D982 roads. The commune is home to the source waters of the Creuse River, in the natural park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	110	—
1968	145	+31.8%
1975	110	−24.1%
1982	92	−16.4%
1990	84	−8.7%
1999	110	+31.0%
2008	101	−8.2%

Sights

• The nineteenth-century church.
• Ancient houses at la Vialle.
• A ruined church at Villefert.
• A sixteenth-century cross in the cemetery.
• A twelfth-century Templars cross.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Le Mas-d’Artige on the Quid website (French)