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 ...
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
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in central
France
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.
Geography
An area of
farming
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and
forestry
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, lakes and streams comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Voueize, some north of Aubusson, at the junction of the D4, D54 and the D993 roads.
The river
Tardes
Tardes (; ) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
A farming area comprising several small villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the river Tardes, some north of Aubusson, ...
forms most of the commune's eastern border.
Population
Sights
* The church, dating from the twelfth century.
*The remains of the abbey de Bonlieu.
* The
castle
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of Chiroux.
* The two châteaux, du Mazeau and la Voreille.
* A sixteenth-century chapel.
* An ancient stone bridge over the river Tardes.