Fontanières

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Fontanières

(2020–2026) Manuel Novais^[1]Area

15.91 km² (6.14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

250 • Density16/km² (41/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

23083 /23110

Elevation390–575 m (1,280–1,886 ft)
(avg. 548 m or 1,798 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontanières (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tanjɛʁ]; Occitan: Fontanieras) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming village and a couple of hamlets situated some 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D24, D25 and the D996 roads. The commune has an eastern border with the department of Allier and is served by a TER railway.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	319	—
1968	361	+13.2%
1975	336	−6.9%
1982	277	−17.6%
1990	279	+0.7%
1999	259	−7.2%
2008	262	+1.2%

Sights

The nineteenth-century church of Notre-Dame.
A château in ruins at Salvert.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.