Janaillat

Janaillat
Janaillat
	Commune
	Location of Janaillat
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	Coordinates: 46°03′27″N 1°44′47″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Denis
Area 1	28.29 km2 (10.92 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	330
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23099 /23250
Elevation	410–631 m (1,345–2,070 ft) ; (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Janaillat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several small hamlets situated by the banks of the small Leyrenne river, some 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D10, D50 and the D61 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	602	—
1968	663	+10.1%
1975	545	−17.8%
1982	470	−13.8%
1990	404	−14.0%
1999	367	−9.2%
2008	356	−3.0%

Sights

The church of St. Saturnine, dating from the nineteenth century.
The ruins of a feudal castle at the hamlet of Soliers.
A fifteenth-century chapel.

International relations

Janaillat is twinned with: Ennery, Moselle, France, since 1994

Personalities

The poet François Tristan l'Hermite was born here at the castle in 1601.

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References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.