Le Compas

Le Compas
Commune
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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 Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denise Lavaud
Area 1	16.54 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	203
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

References[]

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