La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes

(2020–2026) Frédéric Perrier^[1]Area

10.24 km² (3.95 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

60 • Density5.9/km² (15/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

23129 /23260

Elevation692–802 m (2,270–2,631 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes (French pronunciation: [la mazjɛʁ o bɔ̃.z‿ɔm]; Occitan: La Masèira) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D10, D28 and the D941. The commune is bordered to the east by the department of Allier.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	134	—
1968	110	−17.9%
1975	96	−12.7%
1982	99	+3.1%
1990	96	−3.0%
1999	73	−24.0%
2008	60	−17.8%

Sights

The nineteenth-century church.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.