Pontarion (; ) is a
commune in the
Creuse department in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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region
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in central
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
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village situated by the banks of the river
Thaurion, some south of
Guéret, at the junction of the D13, D10, D940 and the D941.
Population
Sights
* The church of St. Blaise, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The fifteenth-century château.
* The Maurice Lecante
museum.
See also
*
Communes of the Creuse department
References
Communes of Creuse
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