Lafat

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Lafat
Location of Lafat
Lafat is located in France
Lafat
Lafat
Coordinates: 46°20′08″N 1°36′53″E / 46.3356°N 1.6147°E / 46.3356; 1.6147Coordinates: 46°20′08″N 1°36′53″E / 46.3356°N 1.6147°E / 46.3356; 1.6147
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonDun-le-Palestel
IntercommunalityCC Pays Dunois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Lucien Chevrinais
Area
1
21.28 km2 (8.22 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
336
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23103 /23800
Elevation261–368 m (856–1,207 ft)
(avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lafat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography[]

A farming area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D49 and the D69 roads. The small rivers Sédelle and Brézentine, tributaries of the Creuse River, flow through the commune.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962583—    
1968643+10.3%
1975601−6.5%
1982546−9.2%
1990458−16.1%
1999384−16.2%
2008381−0.8%

Sights[]

  • The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The thirteenth-century chapel.
  • A watermill.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.



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