Felletin

Felletin
Felletin
Commune
	The town hall of Felletin
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 45°53′04″N 2°10′25″E / 45.8844°N 2.1736°ECoordinates: 45°53′04″N 2°10′25″E / 45.8844°N 2.1736°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Felletin
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Grand Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Renée Nicoux
Area 1	13.74 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,554
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23079 /23500
Elevation	459–685 m (1,506–2,247 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Felletin (French pronunciation: [fɛltɛ̃]; Occitan: Falatin) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Historically, the term Aubusson tapestry often covers the similar products made in the nearby town of Felletin, 8 kilometres away, whose products are often treated as "Aubusson". The industry had probably developed since soon after 1300 in looms in family workshops,^[3] perhaps already run by the Flemings that are noted in documents from the 16th century.

Geography[]

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a small town and several villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the Creuse River just 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D19, D23 and the D982 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway and is within the national park of the Millevaches (not 1000 cows, but lakes).

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,161	—
1968	2,278	+5.4%
1975	2,291	+0.6%
1982	2,196	−4.1%
1990	1,985	−9.6%
1999	1,892	−4.7%
2008	1,866	−1.4%

Sights[]

The twelfth-century church.
Three chapels from the fifteenth century.
The church of Notre-Dame, from the fifteenth century.
Two dolmens.
A thirteenth-century castle and later ramparts
The present and previous mairies, both dating from the eighteenth century.
Several ancient houses.
A medieval bridge over the Creuse.
A thirteenth-century octagonal monument in the cemetery.

Personalities[]

Fernand de Brinon, French wartime Nazi collaborator, b. 26th Aug 1885, executed 15 April 1947, was buried at Felletin.

International relations[]

Felletin is twinned with:

Schladming, Austria, since 1960.

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Osborne, Harold (ed), The Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts, p. 761, 1975, OUP, ISBN 0198661134