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Boussac, Creuse

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Boussac

Area
  
148 ha

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Boussac

Population (2008)
  
1,394

Local time
  
Friday 10:39 AM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 65% Humidity

Boussac is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Contents

Map of 23600 Boussac, France

Geography

A small light industrial town situated by the banks of the Petite Creuse river, some 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Guéret, at the junction of the D11 and the D997 roads.

Personalities

  • Jean de Brosse, Marshal of France, lived and died here
  • Pierre Leroux (1797–1871), philosopher, friend of George Sand was mayor here in 1848
  • George Sand (1804–1878), set her romance Jeanne here in 1836

    • Sights

  • The church of St. Anne, dating from the fifteenth century
  • The twelfth-century castle
  • The remains of the old town ramparts
  • Several ancient houses and the river bridge, all from the fifteenth century

    • References

    Boussac, Creuse Wikipedia
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