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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.
Geography
An area of lakes and streams,
forestry
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and
farming
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, comprising the village and a few hamlets situated 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 D5, D50, D42 and the D912a1 roads. The commune is served by a
TER
Ter or TER may refer to:
Places
* River Ter, in Essex, England
* Ter (river), in Catalonia
* Ter (department), a region in France
* Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy
* Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...
railway.
Population
Sights
* The church, dating from the thirteenth century.
* A group of
dolmen
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called "le Four des Fades".
* A fifteenth-century house known as "le Monastère".
See also
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Communes of the Creuse department
The following is a list of the 255 communes of the Creuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Creuse
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