Mortroux

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mortroux

(2020–2026) Guy Marsaleix^[1]Area

13.28 km² (5.13 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

275 • Density21/km² (54/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

23136 /23220

Elevation300–424 m (984–1,391 ft)
(avg. 420 m or 1,380 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mortroux (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtʁu]; Occitan: Mortròu) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated some 14 miles (23 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D46, D56 and the D56a roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	457	—
1968	484	+5.9%
1975	420	−13.2%
1982	384	−8.6%
1990	331	−13.8%
1999	318	−3.9%
2008	309	−2.8%

Sights

The church, dating from the twelfth century.
A seventeenth-century lime-tree, the "Sully", named after a Prime Minister under the reign of Henri IV.
Pottery finials above windows on a couple of houses.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.