Domeyrot
Domeyrot | |
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Location of Domeyrot  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Guéret |
| Canton | Jarnages |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Carrefour des Quatre Provinces |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Dechambre |
| Area 1 | 24.59 km2 (9.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | 223 |
| • Density | 9.1/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23072 /23140 |
| Elevation | 333–520 m (1,093–1,706 ft) (avg. 487 m or 1,598 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Domeyrot is a commune in the Creuse département of the Limousin region of central France.
Geography
A farming area comprising of the village and several hamlets, situated some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Guéret at the junction of the D40, D13 and the D66 roads. The small river Verraux, a tributary of the Petite Creuse, forms the commune’s southern and western borders.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 423 | 455 | 365 | 292 | 246 | 215 | 223 |
| From the year 1962[1] on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
- The church, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The Château de Beaupêche.
- Vestiges of the donjon of a fortified manorhouse at the hamlet of Servières.
See also
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Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted 24 February 2009.
