Reterre

Reterre
Commune
Coat of arms
Reterre
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Reterre
Coordinates: 46°06′14″N 2°28′28″E / 46.1039°N 2.4744°E / 46.1039; 2.4744Coordinates: 46°06′14″N 2°28′28″E / 46.1039°N 2.4744°E / 46.1039; 2.4744
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Évaux-les-Bains
Intercommunality	CC Chénérailles, Auzances/Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Gatier
Area1	17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	307
• Density	18/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23160 /23110
Elevation	450–617 m (1,476–2,024 ft) (avg. 530 m or 1,740 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the Chat-Cros river, some 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Aubusson, at the junction of the D24 and the D27 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The ruins of a twelfth-century church.
• The ruins of a feudal castle at Malleville.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reterre.

• Official website of Reterre (in French)
• Reterre on the Quid website (in French)