Clairavaux

Clairavaux (; ) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Creuse, some south of Aubusson at the junction of the D31 and the D982 roads.

Population

Sights

The French Ministry of Culture lists several historic monuments in Clairavaux:

• The twelfth-century church, Église Saint-Roch et de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame
• The remains of a feudal castle, the Château fort de Puyravaux, at Branges
• A 13th-century chapel, previously the parish church Église Paroissiale Sainte-Anne et Saint-Louis, at Boucheresse
• A 12th-century stone cross

A memorial commemorates two members of the French Resistance, killed by the Wehrmacht on 14 July 1944 at Clairavaux.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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