Guéret

Guéret

The park and the Sénatorerie Museum, in Guéret

Coat of arms
Guéret

Coordinates: 46°10′17″N 1°52′09″E / 46.1714°N 1.8692°E / 46.1714; 1.8692Coordinates: 46°10′17″N 1°52′09″E / 46.1714°N 1.8692°E / 46.1714; 1.8692
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Intercommunality Guéret Saint-Vaury
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Vergnier (PS)
Area1 26.21 km2 (10.12 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 14,063
  Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 23096 / 23000
Elevation 350–685 m (1,148–2,247 ft)
(avg. 436 m or 1,430 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guéret (French: [ɡeʁɛ]; Occitan: Garait) is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland and a little farming not far from the town centre. It is approximately 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Limoges at the junction of the D942, D940 and the N145 roads.

Map of the Creuse department

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
196211,384    
196812,849+12.9%
197514,855+15.6%
198215,720+5.8%
199014,706−6.5%
199914,123−4.0%
200814,063−0.4%

Sights

Personalities

The wolves of Chabrières

International relations

Guéret is twinned with: Germany Stein, Bavaria, Germany since 1991

See also

References

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