Communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...
du Grand Guéret was created on December 15, 1992 as '' communauté de communes de Guéret Saint-Vaury'' and is located in the
Creuse
Creuse (; 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 east, Cor ...
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département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
'' of the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...
region, central
France
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. In January 2013 it absorbed three more communes, and became a communauté d'agglomération. In 2018 it absorbed three communes from the Communauté de communes Creuse Sud Ouest. Its area is 480.6 km2. Its population was 28,527 in 2019, of which 12,734 in Guéret proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
Gartempe
The Gartempe () is a French river, long. It is a left tributary of the Creuse, which it joins in La Roche-Posay. Its source is in the municipality of Peyrabout.
Among its tributaries are the Anglin, the Brame, the Semme and the Ardour.
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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 a ...
Communes of the Creuse department
The following is a list of the 255 communes of the Creuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):GueretGueret
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