The

communauté de communes A (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (intercommunality). As of 1 J ...

du Pays Dunois was created on December 3, 2002 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 ...

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, in central

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. It was merged into the new Communauté de communes Monts et Vallées Ouest Creuse in January 2017, but this merger was revoked and the former communautés de communes were recreated on 31 December 2019. Its area is 339.5 km², and its population was 6,958 in 2019.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 16 November 2022. Its seat is in Dun-le-Palestel.CC du Pays Dunois (N° SIREN : 242320109)
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. It comprises the following 17 communes: *

Le Bourg-d'Hem Le Bourg-d'Hem (; Occitan: ''Le Borg d'Hem''; Marchois: ''Le Borg d'Ent'') is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming and forestry area comprising the village and a few small ...

* La Celle-Dunoise * Chambon-Sainte-Croix * La Chapelle-Baloue * Chéniers * Colondannes *

Crozant Crozant (; Limousin dialect, Limousin: ''Crosenc'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Creuse Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in France. Geography A tourism and farming village situated ...

* Dun-le-Palestel * Fresselines * Lafat *

Maison-Feyne Maison-Feyne (; ) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming area comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D44 ...

* Naillat * Nouzerolles * Sagnat * Saint-Sébastien * Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois * Villard

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