Creuse

E32501
French department

Creuse is a rural department in central France known for its sparsely populated landscapes, traditional agriculture, and part of the historic Limousin region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Creuse River 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department ⓘ
administrativeCenter Guéret ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
belongsTo French Republic ⓘ
borders Allier ⓘ
Cher ⓘ
Corrèze department ⓘ
surface form: Corrèze

Haute-Vienne ⓘ
Indre ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme ⓘ
Vienne ⓘ
capitalCity Guéret ⓘ
characteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
traditional agriculture ⓘ
climate oceanic climate with continental influences ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdAsDepartment 1790 ⓘ
createdDuring French Revolution ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic aging population ⓘ
demographicTrend population decline ⓘ
departmentNumber 23 ⓘ
economicActivity forestry ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
formerRegion Limousin ⓘ
geographicalFeature river valleys ⓘ
rolling countryside ⓘ
governmentType departmental council ⓘ
hasDepartmentalCouncilSeat Guéret ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
historicalRegion Limousin ⓘ
INSEECode 23 ⓘ
ISO3166-2Code FR-23 ⓘ
knownFor Aubusson tapestry tradition ⓘ
lacemaking in Aubusson region ⓘ
landUse mixed farming ⓘ
pastureland ⓘ
locatedIn Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
surface form: Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

central France ⓘ
namedAfter Creuse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Creuse River
partOf Massif Central ⓘ
partOfHistoricRegion Limousin ⓘ
populationDensity low ⓘ
prefecture Guéret ⓘ
regionType rural area ⓘ
subprefecture Aubusson ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode 23 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cher → borders → Creuse ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme → borders → Creuse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creuse River
Creuse → namedAfter → Creuse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creuse River