Nouziers
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Creuse | |
| Arrondissement | Guéret | |
| Community association | Portes de la Creuse en Marche | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 25 ′ N , 1 ° 57 ′ E | |
| height | 342-466 m | |
| surface | 14.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 240 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 23350 | |
| INSEE code | 23148 | |
| Website | http://www.nouziers.fr/ | |
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Nouziers (1793 still with the spelling Nouzien ) is a commune in the French department of Creuse in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality with 240 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) belongs to the Arrondissement Guéret and the municipality of Portes de la Creuse en Marche .
geography
The municipality of Nouziers is located 18 kilometers south of La Châtre and 30 kilometers north of the departmental capital, Guéret . Nouziers is the northernmost municipality in the Creuse department and borders the Indre department . The 14.33 km² large municipal area of Dorch den Ruisseau de Fougères , which flows south to the Petite Creuse , is drained . With the exception of the Bois de Fonteny forest in the north-west, the hilly municipal area is characterized by arable and pasture land interspersed with hedges. In the Bois de Fonteny , the highest point in the municipality is reached at 467 m above sea level, while the eponymous village of Nouziers is about 410 m above sea level.
The municipality of Nouziers includes the Dörder and hamlets of La Gare, Les Mazeaux, Le Boucheron, Villebasse, Les Fonteilles, Grospaud, Gresse, Malicorne, Le Petit Part, Lafat and partly Bordessoule .
Nouziers is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Crevant and Pouligny-Notre-Dame in the north, Sazeray in the northeast, La Cellette in the east, Moutier-Malcard in the south, Mortroux in the southwest and La Forêt-du-Temple in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
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| Residents | 463 | 505 | 385 | 276 | 278 | 232 | 247 | 240 | |
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coat of arms
Blazon : In red under a blue wave shield head a blue crowned golden lion .
Attractions
- Church of the Nativity from the 11th century, Monument historique
- lock
- Calvaire
- Memorial to the soldiers who died in the war for France
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Economy and Infrastructure
There are 24 farms in the community (cultivation of grain, fruit and aromatic plants, dairy farming, breeding of horses, cattle, sheep and goats).
Nouziers is located away from the nationally important traffic routes. At the eastern edge of the municipality, the D 940 road runs from Guéret to La Châtre . In Guéret, the capital of the department 30 kilometers to the south, there is a connection to the motorway-like national road 145 from Angoulême to Montluçon . The train station in Guéret is on the railway line from Limoges to Montluçon ( Ligne de Montluçon à Saint-Sulpice-Laurière ).
supporting documents
- ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Nouziers on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Nouziers on insee.fr
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
