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Thauron

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Creuse

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Thursday 7:40 PM

Arrondissement
  
Guéret

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Pontarion

Area
  
22.34 km²

Population
  
189 (1999)

Thauron

Intercommunality
  
Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe

Weather
  
20°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 35% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 23250 Thauron, France

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the Taurion river valley some 13 miles (21 km) south of Guéret, at the junction of the D10, D60 and the D43 roads.

Sights

  • The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The ruins of the thirteenth-century church of the abbey du Palais.
  • The chapel de Bonneville
  • The chapel in the park du Palais
  • A monument to members of the French Resistance at the crossroads of the hamlet of Combeauvert.

    • References

    Thauron Wikipedia
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