Soumans

Soumans
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Boussac
Community association	Creuse Confluence
Coordinates	46 ° 18 ′ N , 2 ° 18 ′ E Coordinates: 46 ° 18 ′ N , 2 ° 18 ′ E
height	375-497 m
surface	36.68 km 2
Residents	601 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	23600
INSEE code	23174

Soumans is a French municipality with 601 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Creuse in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The village became famous in 1858 when a tin mine from pre-Roman times was found in the district of Montebras. The mineral montebrasite was named after this mine.

geography

Soumans is located in the Massif Central in the northeast corner of the Creuse department, about 90 kilometers northwest of Clermont-Ferrand , 36.3 kilometers northeast of Guéret , the seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissement and 8.8 kilometers southeast of Boussac , the capital of the canton , on a mean height of 436 meters above sea level . The Mairie stands at a height of 415 meters. Neighboring municipalities of Soumans are Lavaufranche in the west, Treignat in the north, Verneiges in the south and Bord-Saint-Georges in the southwest. The municipality has an area of 3668 hectares.

The municipality is assigned to a climate zone of the type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger) : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.

history

The tin mine in the district of Montebras was built by the Celts and was located in the Biturigen area . The mine was used in the Gallo-Roman period (52 BC to 486 AD). After its rediscovery, tin was mined until the First World War (1914-1918), then amblygonite and montebrasite for the production of lithium hydroxide .

year	Residents
1962	913
1968	869
1975	739
1982	612
1990	540
1999	544
2009	582
2016	611

In 1793 Soumans received under the name Soument in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the status of a municipality and in 1801 through the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) under the current name the right to local self-government .

Soumans had the most inhabitants in 1891 (1510). Thereafter the number of inhabitants decreased until 1990 (540). Between 1790 and 1794 Montebras was incorporated, followed by Belle-Fay in 1829.

literature

Joseph Bourzat: Recherches faites à la mine de Montebras . In: Académie du Center (Ed.): Revue du Center (= 15 ). tape 1 . Gaume et Cie, Paris 1889, p. 21–30 (French, online ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Frédéric Gravier: La Creuse 1900–1920 . In: Mémoire d'hier . Éditions de Borée, Romagnat 2006, ISBN 2-84494-401-9 , p. 53 ff . (French, 180 p., limited preview in Google Book search).
^ ^A ^b Auguste Daubrée: Aperçu historique sur l'exploitation des métaux dans la Gaule . Revue archéologique , Paris 1860, p. 8th ff . (French, online ).
↑ Le village de Soumans. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved March 28, 2013 (French).
↑ ^a ^b Soumans - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved March 28, 2013 (French).

[creuse-1] Frédéric Gravier: La Creuse 1900–1920 . In: Mémoire d'hier . Éditions de Borée, Romagnat 2006, ISBN 2-84494-401-9 , p. 53 ff . (French, 180 p., limited preview in Google Book search).

[gaule-2] A ^b Auguste Daubrée: Aperçu historique sur l'exploitation des métaux dans la Gaule . Revue archéologique , Paris 1860, p. 8th ff . (French, online ).

[annu-3] Le village de Soumans. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved March 28, 2013 (French).

[cassini-4] Soumans - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved March 28, 2013 (French).