Thauron

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

Thauron
Commune
Location of Thauron
Thauron
Thauron
Coordinates: 46°00′03″N 1°49′07″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonAhun
IntercommunalityCC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Couffy
Area
1
22.34 km2 (8.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
174
 • Density7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23253 /23250
Elevation390–632 m (1,280–2,073 ft)
(avg. 532 m or 1,745 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the Taurion river valley some 13 miles (21 km) south of Guéret, at the junction of the D10, D60 and the D43 roads.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962162—    
1968225+38.9%
1975197−12.4%
1982169−14.2%
1990190+12.4%
1999189−0.5%
2008185−2.1%

Sights
  • The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The ruins of the thirteenth-century church of the abbey du Palais.
  • The chapel de Bonneville
  • The chapel in the park du Palais
  • A monument to members of the French Resistance at the crossroads of the hamlet of Combeauvert.
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See also

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


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