Mortroux

For the populated place in Wallonia, Belgium, see Mortroux, Belgium.

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

Mortroux
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Mortroux
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Coordinates: 46°23′54″N 1°54′58″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bonnat
Intercommunality	CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Marsaleix[1]
Area 1	13.28 km2 (5.13 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	276
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23136 /23220
Elevation	300–424 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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department