Faux-Mazuras

Faux-Mazuras
Commune
Location of Faux-Mazuras
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Coordinates: 45°55′28″N 1°47′03″E / 45.9244°N 1.7842°E / 45.9244; 1.7842
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bourganeuf
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Bernard Legros[1]
Area 1	19.96 km2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	191
• Density	9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23078 /23400
Elevation	454–642 m (1,490–2,106 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

A small farming village situated some 19 miles (31 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D8, D36 and the D37 roads. Coal was mined here for around 100 years until the mid-20th century.

• The abandoned church at Faux, dating from the fifteenth century.
• Two sixteenth-century stone crosses.
• The sixteenth-century chapel at Mazuras.

• Communes of the Creuse department

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