La Celle-Dunoise

La-Celle-Dunoise

The church in La Celle-Dunoise
La-Celle-Dunoise

Coordinates: 46°18′38″N 1°46′15″E / 46.3106°N 1.7708°E / 46.3106; 1.7708Coordinates: 46°18′38″N 1°46′15″E / 46.3106°N 1.7708°E / 46.3106; 1.7708
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Dun-le-Palestel
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Marie Sachet
Area1 29.11 km2 (11.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 607
  Density 21/km2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 23039 / 23800
Elevation 216–392 m (709–1,286 ft)
(avg. 235 m or 771 ft)

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.

La-Celle-Dunoise is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A very picturesque farming and quarrying village situated some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D15 and the D22, by the banks of the river Creuse.

History

La Celle-Dunoise has Gallo-Roman origins, as shown by various relics discovered within the territory of the commune.

In 1154, a document mentions the name of Ecclesia Cella, which by 1339 had become Ecclesia de Cella dunensi, giving the name of the village today.
A castle was built here in the 12th century but It was destroyed in 1500. It belonged to the family of La Celle, one of the most powerful families of La Marche in the Middle Ages.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962862    
1968880+2.1%
1975732−16.8%
1982668−8.7%
1990589−11.8%
1999598+1.5%
2008607+1.5%

Sights

Bridge at La-Celle-Dunoise

See also

References

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