Flayat (; ) is a commune in the

Creuse Creuse (; 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 east, Cor ...

department in the

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in central

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Geography

An area of lakes and streams,

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and

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, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the upper valley of the river Méouzette some southeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D21, D30 and the D996 roads. The commune has an eastern border with the department of

Allier Allier ( , , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region that borders Cher (department), Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire (department), Loire to the east, Pu ...

and is within the national park of the ''Millevaches'' (not 1000 cows, but lakes). The

Chavanon The Chavanon (; ) (also called ''la Ramade'') is a long river in the Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme, and Corrèze '' départements'', central France. Its source is in Crocq. It flows generally southeast. It is a right tributary of the Dordogne into which it ...

(locally called ''la Ramade'') forms most of the commune's eastern border.

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Sights

* The sixteenth-century church of St. Martin. * The

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of Salesses, dating from the thirteenth century. * The chapel of St. Clair, from the eighteenth century. * A chateau.

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