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Lourdoueix Saint Pierre

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Intercommunality
  
Deux Vallées

Area
  
44.73 km²

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Bonnat

Population (2008)
  
844

Local time
  
Monday 8:32 PM

Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre

Weather
  
9°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 67% Humidity

Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Contents

Map of 23360 Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre, France

Geography

An area of streams, lakes and farming, comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some 15 miles (24 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D48 and the D915 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms much of the south-western boundary of the commune’s territory, whilst to the north lies the department of Indre.

Sights

  • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • A menhir.
  • Traces of a Roman settlement called the "Fossé de Châtres".
  • The fourteenth-century castle at the hamlet of Vost, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
  • The chapel at Lignaud, dating from the thirteenth century.

    • References

    Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre Wikipedia
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