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Méasnes

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Canton
  
Bonnat

Area
  
27.8 km²

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Intercommunality
  
Pays Dunois

Local time
  
Thursday 4:13 PM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 81% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 23360 M%C3%A9asnes, France

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 17 miles (27 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D2, D4 and the D22 roads, on the border with the department of Indre. A small tributary of the Petite Creuse, the river Lavaud flows through the middle of the village.

Sights

  • The church of St. Gervaix, dating from the fourteenth century.
  • Traces of the medieval Cistercian abbey of Aubepierre, destroyed in the sixteenth century.
  • Ruins of the castle of Lavaud.
  • The château at Plaix-Goliard.

    • References

    Méasnes Wikipedia
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