La Chapelle-Taillefert

La Chapelle-Taillefert
Commune
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Coordinates: 46°06′05″N 1°50′25″E / 46.1014°N 1.8403°E / 46.1014; 1.8403Coordinates: 46°06′05″N 1°50′25″E / 46.1014°N 1.8403°E / 46.1014; 1.8403
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Guéret-2
Intercommunality	CA Grand Guéret
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Dubosclard[1]
Area 1	14.11 km2 (5.45 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	428
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23052 /23000
Elevation	462–690 m (1,516–2,264 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Chapelle-Taillefert is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography[]

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated in the valley of the Gartempe River, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D 52, D 940 and the D 940^A roads.

Population[]

Sights[]

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fourteenth-century stone cross.
• Remains of a hypogeum.
• A menhir.

Personalities[]

• Victor Lanoux, comedian and writer, born 1936, lived here during the Second World War.

See also[]

• Communes of the Creuse department

References[]

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