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Le Grand Bourg

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Bénévent-Grand-Bourg

Area
  
78.91 km²

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Grand-Bourg

Population (2008)
  
1,196

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:49 AM

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Weather
  
5°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 94% Humidity

Le Grand-Bourg is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Contents

Map of 23240 Le Grand-Bourg, France

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) west of Guéret at the junction of the D4, D52 and the D912 road, the pilgrimage route known as St James's Way. The Gartempe River flows through the middle of the commune’s territory.

Sights

  • The chateau de Collonges, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The ruins of the chateau du Seigneur.
  • The eighteenth-century presbytery.
  • The thirteenth-century church.
  • A watermill.
  • An eighteenth-century chapel.

    • References

    Le Grand-Bourg Wikipedia
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