Jouillat

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Jouillat
The Château of Jouillat
The Château of Jouillat
Location of Jouillat
Jouillat is located in France
Jouillat
Jouillat
Coordinates: 46°15′29″N 1°56′13″E / 46.2581°N 1.9369°E / 46.2581; 1.9369Coordinates: 46°15′29″N 1°56′13″E / 46.2581°N 1.9369°E / 46.2581; 1.9369
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonSaint-Vaury
IntercommunalityCA Grand Guéret
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Lécrivain
Area
1
22.44 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
391
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23101 /23220
Elevation283–546 m (928–1,791 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jouillat (French pronunciation: ​[ʒuja]; Occitan: Jolhac) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography[]

A farming area comprising the village and several small hamlets situated in the valley of the Creuse River, some 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D16 and the D940 roads.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962424—    
1968463+9.2%
1975400−13.6%
1982395−1.2%
1990361−8.6%
1999402+11.4%
2008469+16.7%

Sights[]

  • The church of St. Martial, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The fifteenth-century castle.
  • The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau at Bretouilly.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.



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