Sous-Parsat
Encyclopedia
Sous-Parsat is a commune
in the Creuse
department in the Limousin
region
in central France
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comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 12 miles (19.3 km) northwest of Aubusson
, at the junction of the D17, D45 and the D60 roads.
Image:Sous Parsat apocalypse.jpg|Apocalypse
Image:Sous-Parsat crucifiction.jpg|Crucifixion
Image:Sous-Parsat fuite en egypte.jpg|Flight to Egypt
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
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in 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 lakes and streams, farming and forestryForestry
Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...
comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 12 miles (19.3 km) northwest of Aubusson
Aubusson, Creuse
Aubusson is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:...
, at the junction of the D17, D45 and the D60 roads.
Population
Sights
- The ruins of a seventeenth-century church at Mareille-au-Prieur.
- 2 RomanAncient RomeAncient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
columns. - A washhouseLavoirA Lavoir is a public place in France set aside for the washing of clothes. They are commonly sited on a spring or beside or set over a river. Many Lavoirs are provided with roofs for shelter...
and horse-trough at Le Pont. - The church, with parts dating from the twelfth century and paintings by Gabriel Chabrat realised between in the 1980s.
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