La Forêt-du-Temple

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Eveline Moulin^[1]Area7.72 km² (2.98 sq mi)Population144 • Density19/km² (48/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation360–462 m (1,181–1,516 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.

La Forêt-du-Temple (French pronunciation: [la fɔʁɛ dy tɑ̃pl], literally The Forest of the Temple; Occitan: La Forest dau Temple) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

An area of farming and quarrying comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated on the boundary with the department of Indre, some 19 miles (31 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D990 and the D116 roads.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	358	—
1968	337	−5.9%
1975	264	−21.7%
1982	190	−28.0%
1990	163	−14.2%
1999	151	−7.4%
2008	151	+0.0%

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• A war memorial, including the name of a woman who died of grief after her three sons were killed in World War I.

• Communes of the Creuse department