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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Sources de la Creuse

Area
  
37.42 km²

Arrondissement
  
Aubusson, Creuse

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Gentioux-Pigerolles

Population (2008)
  
173

Local time
  
Tuesday 5:20 AM

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Weather
  
1°C, Wind E at 3 km/h, 89% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 23500 Gioux, France

Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 10 miles (16 km) south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D35 and the D26 roads. The commune is in the national park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Sights

  • The twelfth-century church.
  • A menhir known as the Pierre Point.
  • A Roman bridge on the way to Feniers.
  • Vestiges of a Roman villa at Maisonnières.

    • References

    Gioux Wikipedia
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