La Celle-Dunoise

La-Celle-Dunoise
Commune
The church in La Celle-Dunoise
La-Celle-Dunoise
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
La-Celle-Dunoise
Coordinates: 46°18′38″N 1°46′15″E / 46.3106°N 1.7708°E / 46.3106; 1.7708Coordinates: 46°18′38″N 1°46′15″E / 46.3106°N 1.7708°E / 46.3106; 1.7708
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality CC Monts et Vallées Ouest Creuse
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Marie Sachet
Area1 29.11 km2 (11.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 607
 • Density 21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 23039 /23800
Elevation 216–392 m (709–1,286 ft)
(avg. 235 m or 771 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.

La-Celle-Dunoise is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A very picturesque farming and quarrying village situated some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D15 and the D22, by the banks of the river Creuse.

History

La Celle-Dunoise has Gallo-Roman origins, as shown by various relics discovered within the territory of the commune.

In 1154, a document mentions the name of Ecclesia Cella, which by 1339 had become Ecclesia de Cella dunensi, giving the name of the village today.
A castle was built here in the 12th century but It was destroyed in 1500. It belonged to the family of La Celle, one of the most powerful families of La Marche in the Middle Ages.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962862—    
1968880+2.1%
1975732−16.8%
1982668−8.7%
1990589−11.8%
1999598+1.5%
2008607+1.5%

Sights

  • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The bridge, dating from the fourteenth century.
Bridge at La-Celle-Dunoise

See also

References


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