Jouillat

Jouillat
The Château of Jouillat
Jouillat
Location within Limousin region  Jouillat
Coordinates: 46°15′29″N 1°56′13″E / 46.2581°N 1.9369°ECoordinates: 46°15′29″N 1°56′13″E / 46.2581°N 1.9369°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Guéret-Nord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Éric Auchapt
Area^1	22.44 km^2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	469
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23101 / 23220
Elevation	283–546 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Jouillat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin 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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	424	—
1968	463	+9.2%
1975	400	−13.6%
1982	395	−1.2%
1990	361	−8.6%
1999	402	+11.4%
2008	469	+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

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Jouillat on the Quid website (French)