Limousin
Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...
Creuse
Creuse (; oc, Cruesa or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the ea ...
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...
region
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in central
France
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.
Geography
An area of
farming
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and lakes comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Anglin, some northwest of
Guéret
Guéret (; Occitan: ''Garait'') is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
Guéret is a light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland ...
, at the junction of the D1, D15 and the D70. The
A20 autoroute
The A20 autoroute or L'Occitane is a highway through central France. A part of France's national network of autoroutes, it is long.
Regions Crossed
The road travels through the areas of Occitania, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. It starts at ...
forms much of the western border of the commune.
The river
Anglin
The Anglin () is a long river in the Creuse, Indre and Vienne departments in central France. Its source is near Azerables. It flows generally northwest. It is a right tributary of the Gartempe, into which it flows near Angles-sur-l'Anglin.
It ...
has its source in the commune.
The river
Abloux
The Abloux is a long river in the Creuse and Indre departments in central France. Its source is at Bazelat. It flows generally northwest. It is a right tributary of the Anglin, into which it flows at Prissac.
Communes along its course
This lis ...
forms most of the commune's eastern border.
Population
Sights
* The church, dating from the twelfth century.
* A fifteenth-century chapel.
* A modern chapel.
See also
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Communes of the Creuse department
The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Creuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Creuse