La Villetelle

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Jacques Bœuf^[1]Area16.14 km² (6.23 sq mi)Population168 • Density10/km² (27/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation540–727 m (1,772–2,385 ft)
(avg. 650 m or 2,130 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Villetelle (French pronunciation: [la viltɛl]; Occitan: La Vialatèla) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small farming and forestry village situated some 10 miles (16 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D25, D9 and the D941 road.

The river Tardes forms all of the commune's southwestern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	235	—
1968	265	+12.8%
1975	224	−15.5%
1982	193	−13.8%
1990	188	−2.6%
1999	171	−9.0%
2008	160	−6.4%

Sights

• The nineteenth-century church of St.Laurent.
• A seventeenth-century coaching inn.
• The château de Lavaud-Provins.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References