Champagnat (; oc, Champanhac) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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 ea ...
department in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...
region
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in central
France
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.
Geography
An area of lakes,
forestry
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and
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peopl ...
comprising the village and several hamlets, situated some northeast of
Aubusson at the junctions of the D40, D9, D19, D24 and the D993 roads.
The river
Tardes
Tardes (; oc, Tardas) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
A farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key deve ...
flows northward through the eastern part of the commune.
The
Voueize
The Voueize (; oc, Voeisa) is a river in the Creuse ''département'', central France. Its source is at La Chaussade. It flows generally northeast. It is a left tributary of the Tardes into which it flows at Chambon-sur-Voueize.
Communes along ...
forms part of the commune's western border.
Population
Sights
* A
menhir
A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be found ...
.
* The church of St. Martial, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The
medieval
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castle of Champagnat.
* The fourteenth-century
castle de Peyrudette.
* The château de Fournoux.
* A fifteenth-century chapel at Peyrudette.
Personalities
*
François Denhaut
François Denhaut (1877–1952) was a French aviator notable for designing, constructing and flying the first flying boat in 1912.Nicolaou, p.17
Life
He was born on 4 October 1877 at Champagnat, Creuse and after some success as a racing cycli ...
(1877–1952), an early French aviator & engineer, was born here.
See also
*
Communes of the Creuse department
References
Communes of Creuse
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