Lavaveix-les-Mines (French pronunciation: ​[lavavɛ le min]; Occitan: La Vavetz) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Lavaveix-les-Mines
Commune
Location of Lavaveix-les-Mines
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Coordinates: 46°04′20″N 2°05′22″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Gouzon
Intercommunality	CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Fauconnet[1]
Area 1	4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	635
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23105 /23150
Elevation	366–500 m (1,201–1,640 ft) (avg. 387 m or 1,270 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated in the valley of the river Creuse, some 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D55, D94 and the D942 roads.

Population

Sights

• The nineteenth-century church.
• Remnants of the nineteenth-century coalmines.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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