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Dun le Palestel

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Pays Dunois

Area
  
9.81 km²

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Dun-le-Palestel

Population (2008)
  
1,160

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:40 AM

Dun-le-Palestel

Weather
  
5°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 94% Humidity

Dun-le-Palestel is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Contents

Map of 23800 Dun-le-Palestel, France

Geography

A farming and light industrial village situated some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D913, D44, D5 and the D951 roads.

Sights

  • The church of Notre-Dame, built between 1905 and 1908.
  • The Lavoir of Dunet where the residents of the village washed their linens before the invention of the washing machine.
  • The portal of the old church, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The war memorial.
  • Vestiges of the moat of a castle.
  • A dolmen known as the Pierre Eubeste, at La Valette.
  • References

    Dun-le-Palestel Wikipedia


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