Sardent

Sardent
Sardent
Location within Limousin region  Sardent
Coordinates: 46°03′05″N 1°51′23″E / 46.0514°N 1.8564°ECoordinates: 46°03′05″N 1°51′23″E / 46.0514°N 1.8564°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Pontarion
Intercommunality	Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe
Government
• Mayor (2006–2014)	Thierry Gaillard
Area^1	41.11 km^2 (15.87 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	818
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23168 / 23250
Elevation	455–680 m (1,493–2,231 ft) (avg. 513 m or 1,683 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.

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

Geography

An area of streams, lakes, forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Gartempe River, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Guéret, where the D60 and the D50 roads join the D940.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,051	—
1968	1,085	+3.2%
1975	1,047	−3.5%
1982	944	−9.8%
1990	845	−10.5%
1999	802	−5.1%
2008	818	+2.0%

Sights

• The church, dating from the eleventh century.
• Megaliths known as "Les Pierres Boutelines".
• A nineteenth-century chapel at the hamlet of Saint-Pardoux.
• A statue of the "marmot de la Feyte", at La Feyte.
• Sculptures at the village of Mont.

Personalities

• Claude Chabrol, (1930-2010), a native of Sardent, shot his first film Le Beau Serge in Sardent
• Eugene Jamot, (1879-1937), doctor of tropical medicine, was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website about Dr.Jamot
• Sardent on the Quid website (French)