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.

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 km2 (18.49 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	439
• Density	9.2/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

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