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 ...
: ''Malaval'') is a former
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** 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 eas ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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 t ...
region
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in central
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Linard-Malval
Linard-Malval (; Limousin: ''Linar e Malaval'') is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Linard (the seat) and Malval.
farming
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village, situated by the banks of the
Petite Creuse
The Petite Creuse (french: la Petite Creuse, the small Creuse) is a long river in Allier and Creuse Departments of France, departments, in central France. Its source is at Treignat, southeast of the village. It is a left tributary of the Creuse ...
river, some north of
Guéret
Guéret (; Occitan: ''Garait'') is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
Guéret is a light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland and so ...
at the junction of the D56 and the D6 roads.
Population
Sights
* The church of St. Valérie, dating from the twelfth century.
* The ruins of a fourteenth-century castle.
* A restored
watermill
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