Chavanat ( oc, Chavanac) is a commune 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

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in central

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An area of

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and

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comprising the village and several hamlets, situated in the valley of the river

Thaurion The Taurion (; oc, Taurion), as it is known in Haute-Vienne, or Thaurion, as it is known in Creuse, is a 107.5 km long river in western France, tributary of the Vienne river. Its source is at an altitude of 785 m on the Plateau de Millev ...

, some west of Aubusson at the junctions of the D3, D10 and the D941 roads.

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* The church, dating from the thirteenth century.

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