Clairavaux

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Laurence Boyer^[1]Area27.55 km² (10.64 sq mi)Population153 • Density5.6/km² (14/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation595–876 m (1,952–2,874 ft)
(avg. 745 m or 2,444 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Clairavaux (French pronunciation: [klɛʁavo]; Occitan: Claravau) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Creuse, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D31 and the D982 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	196	—
1968	247	+26.0%
1975	204	−17.4%
1982	148	−27.5%
1990	171	+15.5%
1999	152	−11.1%
2008	155	+2.0%

Sights

The French Ministry of Culture lists several historic monuments in Clairavaux:^[3]

• The twelfth-century church, Église Saint-Roch et de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame
• The remains of a feudal castle, the Château fort de Puyravaux, at Branges
• A 13th-century chapel, previously the parish church Église Paroissiale Sainte-Anne et Saint-Louis, at Boucheresse
• A 12th-century stone cross

A memorial commemorates two members of the French Resistance, killed by the Wehrmacht on 14 July 1944 at Clairavaux.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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