Mainsat
Commune
Location of Mainsat
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Coordinates: 46°03′12″N 2°23′15″E / 46.0533°N 2.3875°E / 46.0533; 2.3875
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Aubusson
Intercommunality	CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	David Schmidt[1]
Area 1	34.81 km2 (13.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	534
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23116 /23700
Elevation	478–670 m (1,568–2,198 ft) (avg. 610 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mainsat (French pronunciation: [mɛ̃sa]; Occitan: Mançac) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry, lakes and streams, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D4, D19 and the D38 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The fifteenth-century château.
• A dolmen at Pellevoisin.
• The remains of several Roman villas.
• The Château des Portes.
• Vestiges of a château at Montgrenier.