The Canton of Pontarion 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

A farming area 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 village of Pontarion

Pontarion

Pontarion is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A farming village situated by the banks of the river Thaurion, some south of Guéret, at the junction of the D13, D10, D940 and the D941.-Population:...

. The altitude varies from 390m (Thauron

Thauron

Thauron is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the Taurion river valley some south of Guéret, at the junction of the D10, D60 and the D43...

) to 760m (Vidaillat

Vidaillat

Vidaillat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A forestry and farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Thaurion river, some south of Guéret at the junction of the D34, D36 and the D45...

) with an average altitude of 534m.

Composition

The Canton of Pontarion comprises 10 communes and a total of 2821 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).



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| La Chapelle-Saint-Martial

La Chapelle-Saint-Martial

La Chapelle-Saint-Martial is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming, forestry and lakes, comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some south of Guéret at the junction of the D3, D13 and the D34...

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| Janaillat

Janaillat

Janaillat 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 by the banks of the small Leyrenne river, some southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D10, D50 and the D61...

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| Pontarion

Pontarion

Pontarion is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A farming village situated by the banks of the river Thaurion, some south of Guéret, at the junction of the D13, D10, D940 and the D941.-Population:...

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| La Pouge

La Pouge

La Pouge is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A small village of farming and forestry situated some south of Guéret at the junction of the D941 and the D45 roads.-Population:-External links:*...

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| Sardent

Sardent

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 south of Guéret, where the D60 and the D50 roads join the...

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| Saint-Éloi

Saint-Éloi, Creuse

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

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| Saint-Georges-la-Pouge

Saint-Georges-la-Pouge

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

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| Saint-Hilaire-le-Château

Saint-Hilaire-le-Château

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

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| Thauron

Thauron

Thauron is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the Taurion river valley some south of Guéret, at the junction of the D10, D60 and the D43...

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| Vidaillat

Vidaillat

Vidaillat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A forestry and farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Thaurion river, some south of Guéret at the junction of the D34, D36 and the D45...

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See also

• 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....
  
  
• Arrondissements of the Creuse department
• Cantons of the Creuse department
• Communes of the Creuse department