La Chapelle-Taillefert

La Chapelle-Taillefert is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

La Chapelle-Taillefert
Commune
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Coordinates: 46°06′05″N 1°50′25″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Guéret-2
Intercommunality	CA Grand Guéret
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Dubosclard
Area ^1	14.11 km^2 (5.45 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	424
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23052 /23000
Elevation	462–690 m (1,516–2,264 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated in the valley of the Gartempe River, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D 52, D 940 and the D 940^A roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	288	—
1968	319	+10.8%
1975	261	−18.2%
1982	257	−1.5%
1990	310	+20.6%
1999	353	+13.9%
2008	370	+4.8%

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fourteenth-century stone cross.
• Remains of a hypogeum.
• A menhir.

Personalities

• Victor Lanoux, comedian and writer, born 1936, lived here during the Second World War.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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