Le Compas

Le Compas
Commune
Le Compas
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Le Compas
Coordinates: 45°59′48″N 2°27′46″E / 45.9967°N 2.4628°E / 45.9967; 2.4628Coordinates: 45°59′48″N 2°27′46″E / 45.9967°N 2.4628°E / 45.9967; 2.4628
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Auzances
Intercommunality	CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denise Lavaud
Area1	16.54 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	218
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23066 /23700
Elevation	546–688 m (1,791–2,257 ft) (avg. 650 m or 2,130 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and several hamlets, situated in the valley of the river Jarasse, some 15 miles (24 km) east of Aubusson, near the junction of the D25, D276 and the D996 roads and also on the D998.

Population

Sights

• The twelfth-century church.
• A dolmen, the "Pierres Folles" near Marcillat-la-Farge.
• The château de Lavaud-Chaussade.
• The ruins of the château de Lavaud-Blanche.
• A modern chapel at Le Thiel.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Compas.

• Le Compas on the Quid website (in French)