Creuse department

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The Creuse department is a rural administrative division in central France known for its sparsely populated landscapes, historic villages, and part of the Limousin region’s pastoral countryside.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Creuse 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department
administrativeDivisionOf Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED
borders Allier NERFINISHED
Cher NERFINISHED
Corrèze NERFINISHED
Haute-Vienne NERFINISHED
Indre NERFINISHED
Puy-de-Dôme NERFINISHED
capital Guéret NERFINISHED
contains Aubusson NERFINISHED
Bourganeuf NERFINISHED
Bénévent-l’Abbaye NERFINISHED
Crozant NERFINISHED
La Souterraine NERFINISHED
country France
createdDuring French Revolution NERFINISHED
createdOn 1790
departmentCode 23
economicActivity cattle farming
forestry
sheep farming
formerRegion Limousin NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalities communes of Creuse
historicActivity stone masonry
tapestry production in Aubusson
INSEECode 23
ISO3166-2 FR-23
knownFor bocage landscapes
historic villages
pastoral countryside
landscapeFeature hedgerow fields
river valleys
rolling hills
languageTradition Occitan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Nouvelle-Aquitaine region NERFINISHED
central France
locatedInHistoricalProvince La Marche NERFINISHED
namedAfter Creuse River NERFINISHED
partOf Massif Central NERFINISHED
populationCharacteristic rural
sparsely populated
prefecture Guéret NERFINISHED
regionType rural department
subprefecture Aubusson NERFINISHED
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
tourismAttractionType rural tourism

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Indre department borderedBy Creuse department
subject surface form: Indre
Guéret capitalOf Creuse department
Cher River flowsThrough Creuse department
Aubusson locatedIn Creuse department
Aubusson tapestry tradition locatedIn Creuse department
Chambon-sur-Voueize locatedIn Creuse department
Guéret locatedIn Creuse department