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department in the

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A tourism and farming village situated some northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D76 and the D44 roads, where the river Petite Creuse joins the

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Sights

* The church of St.Julien, dating from the twelfth century. * The two 15th-century châteaux of Puyguillon and Vervix * Two 15th-century chapels.

Personalities

* Maurice Rollinat (1846–1903), poet, lived here. * Gustave Geffroy, (1855–1926), writer, lived here. *

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his ...

, painter, spent much time here.

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