Banize | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Banize (Creuse).svg |
Arrondissement: | Guéret |
Canton: | Ahun |
Insee: | 23016 |
Postal Code: | 23120 |
Mayor: | Luc Escoubeyrou[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Creuse Sud Ouest |
Coordinates: | 45.9317°N 1.9983°W |
Elevation M: | 540 |
Elevation Min M: | 471 |
Elevation Max M: | 653 |
Area Km2: | 15.24 |
Banize (in French pronounced as /baniz/; Occitan (post 1500);: Banhesa) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
A farming and forestry area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated at the confluence of the rivers Benise and Thaurion, some 10miles west of Aubusson at the junction of the D10 and the D16 roads.