La Courtine

La Courtine (Auvergnat: La Cortina) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

La Courtine
Coat of arms
Location of La Courtine
La Courtine
La Courtine
Coordinates: 45°42′06″N 2°15′51″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementAubusson
CantonAuzances
IntercommunalityHaute-Corrèze Communauté
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Jean-Marc Michelon
Area
1
41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
769
  Density19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23067 /23100
Elevation714–895 m (2,343–2,936 ft)
Websitelacourtine.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An 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

La Courtine military camp

The 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.[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,184    
19681,233+4.1%
19751,164−5.6%
1982986−15.3%
19901,057+7.2%
1999971−8.1%
2008874−10.0%
2012715−18.2%
2013699−2.2%

Sights

  • 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

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "La Courtine 1917 : la mémoire des Hommes". Loi 1901. Retrieved 2 September 2014.


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