Guéret

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Commune of Guéret
Location
Longitude 01° 52' 09" E
Latitude 46° 10' 17" N
Administration
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Creuse (préfecture)
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Chief town of 3 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Guéret Saint-Vaury
Mayor Michel Vergnier (PS)
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 350 m–685 m
(avg. 436 m)
Land area¹ 26.21 km²
Population²
(1999)
14,123
 - Density (1999) 538.8/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 23096/ 23000
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Guéret is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Creuse département.