Canton of Guéret-Sud-Ouest - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Canton of Guéret-Sud-Ouest 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 350m (Guéret

Guéret

) to 690m (La Chapelle-Taillefert

La Chapelle-Taillefert

La Chapelle-Taillefert 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 in the valley of the Gartempe River, some south of Guéret at the junction of the D52, D940 and...

) with an average altitude of 491m.

Composition

The Canton of Guéret-Sud-Ouest comprises the following 5 communes.
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| La Chapelle-Taillefert

La Chapelle-Taillefert

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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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| Savennes

Savennes, Creuse

Savennes 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 two hamlets situated some south of Guéret, at the junction of the D33 and the D52 roads.-Population:-External links:*...

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| Saint-Christophe

Saint-Christophe, Creuse

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

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| Saint-Victor-en-Marche

Saint-Victor-en-Marche

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

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Geography

Composition

See also