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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Pays Dunois

Area
  
30.78 km²

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Dun-le-Palestel

Population (2008)
  
629

Local time
  
Friday 4:29 PM

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Weather
  
14°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 71% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 23450 Fresselines, France

Geography

A tourism and farming village situated some 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D76 and the D44 roads, where the river Petite Creuse joins the Creuse.

Sights

  • The church of St.Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The two 15th-century châteaux of Puyguillon and Vervix
  • Two 15th-century chapels.

    • Personalities

  • Maurice Rollinat (1846–1903), poet, lived here.
  • Gustave Geffroy, (1855–1926), writer, lived here.
  • Claude Monet, painter, spent much time here.

    • References

    Fresselines Wikipedia
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