Soumans

Soumans is a commune with 595 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Creuse in the Limousin region. The town became known in 1858 through the discovery of a tin mine from pre-Roman times in the district Montebras. The mineral Montebrasite was named after this mine.

Geography

Soumans is located in the Massif Central in the northeast corner of the department of Creuse, about 90 kilometers north- west of Clermont- Ferrand, 36.3 km north east of Gueret, headquarters of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissements and 8.8 kilometers southeast of Boussac, the capital of the canton and the Association of Municipalities Pays de Boussac, at an average altitude of 436 meters above the sea level. The Mairie stands at a height of 415 meters. Neighboring communities of Soumans are Lavaufranche in the West, Treignat in the north, the south and Verneiges board -Saint -Georges in the southwest. The municipality has an area of ​​3668 hectares.

The municipality is one of the type Cfb climate zone ( Köppen and Geiger after ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.

History

The tin mine in the district Montebras was built by Celts, and was in the field of Bituriges. The mine was (52 BC to 486 AD) continued to be used in Gallo-Roman times. After its rediscovery was up to the First World War (1914-1918) tin mined, then amblygonite and Montebrasite for the production of lithium hydroxide.

1793 received Soumans under the name Soument in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) the status of a municipality and 1801 by the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821) under the present name, the right to local self-government.

Most inhabitants Soumans had in 1891 (1510 ). Thereafter, the population decreased by the year 1990 ( 540). In the years 1790-1794 Montebras was incorporated in 1829 was followed by the town of Belle- Fay.