Masbaraud-Mérignat

Masbaraud-Mérignat
Part of Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud
Location of Masbaraud-Mérignat
Masbaraud-Mérignat Masbaraud-Mérignat
Coordinates: 45°58′35″N 1°44′47″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bourganeuf
Commune	Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud
Area 1	20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	352
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	23400
Elevation	370–580 m (1,210–1,900 ft) (avg. 415 m or 1,362 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Masbaraud-Mérignat (Limousin: Lo Mas de Barèu e Mairinhac) is a former commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Taurion, some 15 miles (24 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D61 and the D912 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	293	—
1968	334	14.0%
1975	310	−7.2%
1982	315	1.6%
1990	339	7.6%
1999	328	−3.2%
2008	371	13.1%

Sights

• Traces of the abbey of Mérignat, dating from the eleventh century.
• The chapel, dating from the twentieth century.

Personalities

• Raymond Poulidor, French racing cyclist, was born here on the family farm in 1936.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department