Janaillat
| Janaillat | |
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Location within Limousin region  Janaillat | |
| Coordinates: 46°03′27″N 1°44′47″E / 46.0575°N 1.7464°ECoordinates: 46°03′27″N 1°44′47″E / 46.0575°N 1.7464°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Guéret |
| Canton | Pontarion |
| Intercommunality | Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Didier Denis |
| Area1 | 28.29 km2 (10.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 356 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23099 / 23250 |
| Elevation |
410–631 m (1,345–2,070 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Janaillat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.
Geography
A farming area comprising the village and several small hamlets situated by the banks of the small Leyrenne river, some 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D10, D50 and the D61 roads.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 602 | — |
| 1968 | 663 | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 545 | −17.8% |
| 1982 | 470 | −13.8% |
| 1990 | 404 | −14.0% |
| 1999 | 367 | −9.2% |
| 2008 | 356 | −3.0% |
Sights
- The church of St. Saturnine, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The ruins of a feudal castle at the hamlet of Soliers.
- A fifteenth-century chapel.
International relations
Janaillat is twinned with:
Ennery, Moselle, France, since 1994
Personalities
- The poet François Tristan l'Hermite was born here at the castle in 1601.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Janaillat. |
- Janaillat on the Quid website (French)
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