Tardes

Tardes
Commune
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Évaux-les-Bains
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Confluence
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Régis Derboule
Area1	21.4 km2 (8.3 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	23251 / 23170
Elevation	358–514 m (1,175–1,686 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tardes (French pronunciation: ​[taʁd]; Occitan: Tardas) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising several small villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the river Tardes, some 16 miles (26 km) north of Aubusson, between the D993 and the D41.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	213	—
1968	255	+19.7%
1975	216	−15.3%
1982	149	−31.0%
1990	154	+3.4%
1999	127	−17.5%
2008	141	+11.0%

Sights

• The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The church at Mazeirat, dating from the twelfth century.
• The eighteenth-century château de Montflour.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department