The Canton of Chénérailles is a former canton situated in the

Creuse Creuse (; oc, Cruesa or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the eas ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

and in the

Limousin Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...

region of central

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 4,046 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 23 Creuse
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Geography

A farming area, with the town of Chénérailles, in the

arrondissement of Aubusson The arrondissement of Aubusson is an arrondissement of France in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine région. It has 129 communes. Its population is 44,680 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of A ...

, at its centre. The altitude varies from ( Lavaveix-les-Mines) to (

Puy-Malsignat Puy-Malsignat (; oc, Pueg Malsinhac) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography An area of farming, lakes and streams comprising the village and a few hamlets some north of Aubusson, b ...

) with an average altitude of . The canton comprised 11

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

: *

Le Chauchet Le Chauchet (; oc, Lo Chauchèt) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming area comprising a small village and several hamlets, situated on the eastern side of the valley of t ...

* Chénérailles *

Issoudun-Létrieix Issoudun-Létrieix (; oc, Eissodun) is a Communes of France, commune in the Creuse Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in central France. Geography A large area of forestry and farming, compr ...

* Lavaveix-les-Mines *

Peyrat-la-Nonière Peyrat-la-Nonière (; oc, Peirat la Noniera) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography An area of farming and forestry, lakes and streams comprising the village and several hamlets situa ...

La Serre-Bussière-Vieille La Serre-Bussière-Vieille (; oc, La Serra e Bussiera Vielha) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming area comprising two small villages and a few hamlets situated some nor ...

* Saint-Chabrais * Saint-Dizier-la-Tour * Saint-Médard-la-Rochette * Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards

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