Puy-Malsignat (; ) 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

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, lakes and streams comprising the village and a few hamlets some north of Aubusson, between the D9 and the D990 roads. The

Voueize The Voueize (; ) is a river in the Creuse ''département'', central France. Its source is at La Chaussade. It flows generally northeast. It is a left tributary of the Tardes into which it flows at Chambon-sur-Voueize. Communes along its course ...

forms part of the commune's eastern border.

Population

Sights

* The church, dating from the thirteenth century. * The ruins of an eleventh-century

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. * The château de Margeleix, dating from the seventeenth century. * The chapel at Vallensanges

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