Faux-la-Montagne

Faux-la-Montagne
Commune
Faux Lake
Location of Faux-la-Montagne
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Coordinates: 45°45′06″N 1°56′08″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Felletin
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Grand Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Moulin[1]
Area ^1	47.89 km^2 (18.49 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	448
• Density	9.4/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23077 /23340
Elevation	525–826 m (1,722–2,710 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Faux-la-Montagne (French pronunciation: [fo la mɔ̃taɲ]; Occitan: Faus) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets some 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Aubusson at the junction of the D3, D85 and the D992 roads. On its southern and eastern sides, the commune borders the department of Corrèze and is within the national park of the Millevaches (not 1000 cows, but lakes).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	435	—
1968	565	+29.9%
1975	417	−26.2%
1982	396	−5.0%
1990	391	−1.3%
1999	394	+0.8%
2008	364	−7.6%

Sights

• The twelfth-century church.
• Two chapels.
• A dolmen at Landoras
• The Lac de Vassivière and the dam, built in 1952.
• Two châteaux, at the hamlets of La Feuillade and Thézillat.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.