Thauron

Thauron
Thauron
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Thauron
Coordinates: 46°00′03″N 1°49′07″E / 46.0008°N 1.8186°ECoordinates: 46°00′03″N 1°49′07″E / 46.0008°N 1.8186°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Pontarion
Intercommunality	Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Couffy
Area^1	22.34 km^2 (8.63 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	185
• Density	8.3/km^2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23253 / 23250
Elevation	390–632 m (1,280–2,073 ft) (avg. 532 m or 1,745 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.

Thauron is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the Taurion river valley some 13 miles (21 km) south of Guéret, at the junction of the D10, D60 and the D43 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	162	—
1968	225	+38.9%
1975	197	−12.4%
1982	169	−14.2%
1990	190	+12.4%
1999	189	−0.5%
2008	185	−2.1%

Sights

• The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The ruins of the thirteenth-century church of the abbey du Palais.
• The chapel de Bonneville
• The chapel in the park du Palais
• A monument to members of the French Resistance at the crossroads of the hamlet of Combeauvert.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Thauron on the Quid website (French)