Dun-le-Palestel

Dun-le-Palestel
Commune
The village from the Chabannes Wood

Coat of arms
Dun-le-Palestel
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Dun-le-Palestel
Coordinates: 46°18′22″N 1°40′00″E / 46.3061°N 1.6667°E / 46.3061; 1.6667Coordinates: 46°18′22″N 1°40′00″E / 46.3061°N 1.6667°E / 46.3061; 1.6667
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality CC Monts et Vallées Ouest Creuse
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Laurent Daulny
Area1 9.81 km2 (3.79 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,160
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23075 /23800
Elevation 294–507 m (965–1,663 ft)
(avg. 366 m or 1,201 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dun-le-Palestel is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial village situated some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D913, D44, D5 and the D951 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,201—    
19681,260+4.9%
19751,330+5.6%
19821,293−2.8%
19901,203−7.0%
19991,106−8.1%
20081,160+4.9%

Sights

  • The church of Notre-Dame, built between 1905 and 1908.[1]
  • The Lavoir of Dunet where the residents of the village washed their linens before the invention of the washing machine.
  • The portal of the old church, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The war memorial.
  • Vestiges of the moat of a castle.
  • A dolmen known as the Pierre Eubeste, at La Valette.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://mairie-dunlepalestel.fr/word.asp?path=C%3A%5Cwww%5Cdun%5Fle%5Fpalestel%5Cweb%5C7%5Finfos+tourisme%5C6%2D+Curiosit%E9s+%E0+voir%2Edoc&filtre=sans


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