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La Chapelle Taillefert

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Canton
  
Guéret-Sud-Ouest

Area
  
14.11 km²

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Intercommunality
  
Guéret Saint-Vaury

Local time
  
Friday 2:15 AM

La Chapelle-Taillefert

Weather
  
7°C, Wind E at 3 km/h, 89% Humidity

La Chapelle-Taillefert is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Contents

Map of 23000 La Chapelle-Taillefert, France

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated in the valley of the Gartempe River, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D 52, D 940 and the D 940A roads.

Sights

  • The church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The fourteenth-century stone cross.
  • Remains of a hypogeum.
  • A menhir.

    • Personalities

  • Victor Lanoux, comedian and writer, born 1936, lived here during the Second World War.

    • References

    La Chapelle-Taillefert Wikipedia
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