Le Mas-d'Artige

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Gilles Magrit^[1]Area16.21 km² (6.26 sq mi)Population96 • Density5.9/km² (15/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation686–921 m (2,251–3,022 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Mas-d’Artige (French pronunciation: [lə ma(s) daʁtiʒ]; Occitan: Lo Mas de L'Artija) 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 several hamlets, situated some 15 miles (24 km) south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D8, D28 and the D982 roads. The commune is home to the source waters of the river Creuse, in the natural park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	110	—
1968	145	+31.8%
1975	110	−24.1%
1982	92	−16.4%
1990	84	−8.7%
1999	110	+31.0%
2008	101	−8.2%

Sights

• The nineteenth-century church.
• Ancient houses at la Vialle.
• A ruined church at Villefert.
• A sixteenth-century cross in the cemetery.
• A twelfth-century Templars cross.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References