Clairavaux

Clairavaux
Clairavaux
Location within Limousin region  Clairavaux
Coordinates: 45°47′02″N 2°10′04″E / 45.7839°N 2.1678°ECoordinates: 45°47′02″N 2°10′04″E / 45.7839°N 2.1678°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	La Courtine
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Forest
Area^1	27.55 km^2 (10.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	155
• Density	5.6/km^2 (15/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23063 / 23500
Elevation	595–876 m (1,952–2,874 ft) (avg. 745 m or 2,444 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.

Clairavaux is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Creuse River, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D31 and the D982 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	196	—
1968	247	+26.0%
1975	204	−17.4%
1982	148	−27.5%
1990	171	+15.5%
1999	152	−11.1%
2008	155	+2.0%

Sights

The French Ministry of Culture lists several historic monuments in Clairavaux:^[1]

• The twelfth-century church, Église Saint-Roch et de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame
• The remains of a feudal castle, the Château fort de Puyravaux, at Branges
• A 13th-century chapel, previously the parish church Église Paroissiale Sainte-Anne et Saint-Louis, at Boucheresse
• A 12th-century stone cross

A memorial commemorates two members of the French Resistance, killed by the Wehrmacht on 14 July 1944 at Clairavaux.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

1. Min of Culture

External links

• Church and photos
• Château fort de Puyravaux
• 13th century chapel and
• 12th century cross and photos
• Clairavaux on the Quid website (French)