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Clairavaux

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Sources de la Creuse

Area
  
27.55 km²

Population
  
152 (1999)

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
La Courtine

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Monday 11:31 AM

Arrondissement
  
Aubusson, Creuse

Clairavaux

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 40 km/h, 79% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 23500 Clairavaux, France

Geography

A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Creuse River, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D31 and the D982 roads.

Sights

The French Ministry of Culture lists several historic monuments in Clairavaux:

  • The twelfth-century church, Église Saint-Roch et de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame
  • The remains of a feudal castle, the Château fort de Puyravaux, at Branges
  • A 13th-century chapel, previously the parish church Église Paroissiale Sainte-Anne et Saint-Louis, at Boucheresse
  • A 12th-century stone cross

    • A memorial commemorates two members of the French Resistance, killed by the Wehrmacht on 14 July 1944 at Clairavaux.

    References

    Clairavaux Wikipedia
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