Creuse
Creuse | |
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![]() Prefecture building of the Creuse department, in Guéret | |
![]() Location of Creuse in France | |
Coordinates: 46°35′N 2°3′E / 46.583°N 2.050°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Département | 4 March 1790 |
Prefecture | Guéret |
Subprefecture | Aubusson |
Government | |
• President | Valérie Simonet |
Area | |
• Total | 5,565.4 km2 (2,148.8 sq mi) |
Population (2014)[2] | |
• Total | 120,581 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
Demonym | Creusois |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-23 |
Arrondissements | 2 |
Cantons | 15 |
Communes | 258 |
Website | www.creuse.fr |
Creuse (Occitan: Cruesa) is a department in central France in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is named after the Creuse river that flows through the department.
History
[change | change source]Creuse is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created mainly with lands of the old province of County of La Marche.
The new department had seven districts: La Souterraine, Guéret, Boussac, Évaux, Felletin, Bourganeuf and Aubusson. The capital (now prefecture) was Guéret alternating with Aubusson, but soon only Guéret remained as capital.[3]
In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the seven districts were changed into four arrondissements: Guéret, Aubusson, Bourganeuf and Boussac.[3]
On 10 September 1926, the arrondissements of Bourganeuf et Boussac were eliminated.[3]
Geography
[change | change source]![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Carte_de_la_Creuse.svg/300px-Carte_de_la_Creuse.svg.png)
Creuse is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has an area of 120,872 km2 (46,669 sq mi).[1]
The department is surrounded by 6 departments in 3 regions:
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
- Corrèze department
- Haute-Vienne department
- Centre-Val de Loire region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
- Allier department
- Puy-de-Dôme department
The department is in the northwestern part of the Massif Central; the Millevaches plateau is in the southeastern part of the department. The highest point is in Forêt de Châteauvert (45°42′38″N 02°20′45″E / 45.71056°N 2.34583°E), "commune" of Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze, southeastern of the department and in northeastern Massif Central; it is 932 m (3,058 ft) high;[4] the lowest point is in the valley of the Creuse river, 175 m (574 ft) high.
The main river in the department is the Creuse, a tributary of the Vienne river and that gives its name to this the deparment; it flows through the department from the southeast to the northwest.
Administration
[change | change source]The department is managed by the Departamental Council of the Creuse in Guéret. Creuse is part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Administrative divisions
[change | change source]There are 2 arrondissements (districts), 15 cantons and 258 communes (municipalities) in Haute-Vienne.[5]
INSEE code |
Arrondissement | Capital | Population[6] (2014) |
Area[7] (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Communes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
231 | Aubusson | Aubusson | 37,123 | 2,538.8 | 14.6 | 118 |
232 | Guéret | Guéret | 83,458 | 3,026.5 | 27.6 | 140 |
The following is a list of the 15 cantons of the Creuse department (with their INSEE codes), in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:[8]
- Ahun (2301)
- Aubusson (2302)
- Auzances (2303)
- Bonnat (2304)
- Bourganeuf (2305)
- Boussac (2306)
- Dun-le-Palestel (2307)
- Évaux-les-Bains (2308)
- Felletin (2309)
- Gouzon (2310)
- Le Grand-Bourg (2311)
- Guéret-1 (2312)
- Guéret-2 (2313)
- Saint-Vaury (2314)
- La Souterraine (2315)
Demographics
[change | change source]The inhabitants of Creuse are known, in French, as Creusois (women: Creusoises).[9]
Creuse has a population, in 2014, of 120,581,[2] for a population density of 21.7 inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Guéret, with 83,458 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other arrondissement, Aubusson, has 37,123 inhabitants.[6]
Evolution of the population in Dordogne
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The main cities in the department are:
City | Population[6] (2014) |
Arrondissement |
---|---|---|
Guéret | 13,342 | Guéret |
La Souterraine | 5,295 | Guéret |
Aubusson | 3,591 | Aubusson |
Bourganeuf | 2,725 | Guéret |
Sainte-Feyre | 2,470 | Guéret |
Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois | 1,987 | Guéret |
Saint-Vaury | 1,791 | Guéret |
Felletin | 1,700 | Aubusson |
Gouzon | 1,575 | Guéret |
Ahun | 1,466 | Guéret |
Gallery
[change | change source]Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Département de la Creuse (23)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Historique de la Creuse". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Forêt de Châteauvert, France". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Département de la Creuse (23)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "Département de la Creuse (23)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-161 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Creuse" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ "Creuse (23)" (in French). habitants.fr. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
Other websites
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- Departamental Council website (in French)
- Prefecture website (in French)
- Tourism office of Creuse (in French)