Montsauche-les-Settons
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Nièvre | |
| Arrondissement | Château-Chinon (Ville) | |
| Canton | Château-Chinon | |
| Community association | Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 ' N , 4 ° 2' E | |
| height | 467-701 m | |
| surface | 44.3 km 2 | |
| Residents | 522 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 58230 | |
| INSEE code | 58180 | |
| Website | http://www.montsauche-les-settons.org/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Montsauche-les-Settons |
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Montsauche-les-Settons (in local dialect: Monsouèsse ) is a French municipality with 522 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) and the canton of Château-Chinon (until 2015: canton of Montsauche-les-Settons ). The inhabitants are called Montsauchois .
geography
Montsauche-les-Settons is located about 77 kilometers west-southwest of Dijon in the Morvan and on the Cure , which is dammed here to form the so-called Lac des Settons . Montsauche-les-Settons is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Dun-les-Places in the north, Gouloux in the east and north-east, Moux-en-Morvan in the south and south-east, Planchez in the south, Ouroux-en-Morvan in the west and Brassy in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 917 | 855 | 849 | 746 | 714 | 610 | 559 | 538 |
Attractions
- Saint Barthélemy Church
- Nataloup Castle from the 16th century
Personalities
- Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), neurologist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 634-637.
