Limousin
Limousin (; ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. Named after the old province of Limousin, the administrative region was founded in 1960. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne. On 1 Jan ...
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 ...
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...
region
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in central
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Linard-Malval
Linard-Malval (; Limousin: ''Linar e Malaval'') is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Linard (the seat) and Malval.< ...
farming
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village, situated by the banks of the
Petite Creuse
The Petite Creuse (, ''Little Creuse'') is a long river in Allier and Creuse departments, in central France. Its source is at Treignat, southeast of the village. It is a left tributary of the Creuse into which it flows at Fresselines. The r ...
river, some north 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 a ...
at the junction of the D56 and the D6 roads.
Population
Sights
* The church of St. Valérie, dating from the twelfth century.
* The ruins of a fourteenth-century castle.
* A restored
watermill
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