Champagnat is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 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....

 department 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

Régions of France

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 in central France

France

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.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry

Forestry

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 and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Aubusson

Aubusson, Creuse

Aubusson is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:...

 at the junctions of the D40, D9, D19, D24 and the D993 roads.

The river Tardes flows northward through the eastern part of the commune.

The Voueize

Voueize

The Voueize is a long river in the Creuse département, central France. Its source is at La Chaussade. It flows generally northeast. It is a left tributary of the Tardes into which it flows at Chambon-sur-Voueize.-Communes along its course:...

 forms part of the commune's western border.

Population

Sights

• A menhir
  Menhir
  A menhir is a large upright standing stone. Menhirs may be found singly as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar stones. Their size can vary considerably; but their shape is generally uneven and squared, often tapering towards the top...
  
  .
• The church of St. Martial, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The medieval castle
  Castle
  A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
  
   of Champagnat.
• The fourteenth century castle
  Castle
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   de Peyrudette.
• The château de Fournoux.
• A fifteenth century chapel at Peyrudette.

Personalities

• François Denhaut
  François Denhaut
  François Denhaut was a French aviator notable for designing, constructing and flying the first flying boat, or seaplane with a hull, in 1912.He was born on 4 October 1877 at Champagnat, Creuse and died at Bellegarde-en-Marche in 1952...
  
  (1877–1952), an early French aviator & engineer, was born here.

External links

• Champagnat on the Quid website