Canton of Guéret-Nord - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Canton of Guéret-Nord is a canton situated in the Creuse

Creuse

Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.-History:Creuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of La Marche....

département and in the Limousin

Limousin (région)

Limousin is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three départements: Corrèze, Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.Situated largely in the Massif Central, as of January 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, making it the second least populated region of...

region of central France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Geography

An area of farming and light industry

Light industry

Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...

in the arrondissement of Guéret

Arrondissement of Guéret

The arrondissement of Guéret is an arrondissement of France, located in the Creuse département in central France, in the Limousin région...

, centred on the town of Guéret

Guéret

Guéret is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland and a little farming not far from the town centre...

. The altitude varies from 283m (Jouillat

Jouillat

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 northeast of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D16 and the D940...

) to 685m (Guéret

Guéret

) with an average altitude of 424m.

Composition

The Canton of Guéret-Nord comprises the following 6 communes.
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| Ajain

Ajain

Ajain is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming and forestry, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some east of Guéret, at the junction of the N145 with the D11 and the D3....

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| Glénic

Glénic

Glénic is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Creuse river, some north of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D940 and the D63 roads.-Population:-Sights:* The...

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| Guéret
Guéret
Guéret is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland and a little farming not far from the town centre...

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| Jouillat

Jouillat

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| Ladapeyre

Ladapeyre

Ladapeyre is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some west of Guéret, at the junction of the D11, D990 and the D9 roads.-Population:-Sights:* The church,...

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| Saint-Fiel

Saint-Fiel

Saint-Fiel is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.-Population:-References:*...

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Geography

Composition

See also