La Courtine (French pronunciation: [la kuʁtin]; Auvergnat: La Cortina) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
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| Coordinates: 45°42′06″N 2°15′51″E / 45.7017°N 2.2642°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Aubusson |
| Canton | Auzances |
| Intercommunality | Haute-Corrèze Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marc Michelon[1] |
Area 1 | 41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 767 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23067 /23100 |
| Elevation | 714–895 m (2,343–2,936 ft) |
| Website | lacourtine |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editAn area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the Creuse river valley, some 18 miles (29 km) south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D25, D29 and the D992. The commune is within the natural park of Millevaches, (1000 lakes, not cows).
History
editLa Courtine military camp
editThe foundation of the camp in 1904 transformed the town: the inhabitants remained peasants during the day but became bar-keepers at night and soon there were more bars than inhabitants.[3]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,184 | — |
| 1968 | 1,233 | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 1,164 | −5.6% |
| 1982 | 986 | −15.3% |
| 1990 | 1,057 | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 971 | −8.1% |
| 2008 | 874 | −10.0% |
| 2012 | 715 | −18.2% |
| 2013 | 699 | −2.2% |
Sights
edit- The thirteenth-century church.
- A watermill in the village of Lair.
- Eleventh-century defensive mottes at Cinq Mottes.
- A military camp, established in 1904, housing up to 4000 soldiers, site of the 1917 mutiny by troops of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France.
- The thirteenth-century churches at the hamlets of Saint-Denis and at Trucq.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "La Courtine 1917 : la mémoire des Hommes". Loi 1901. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
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