Bellegarde-en-Marche
Encyclopedia
Bellegarde-en-Marche is a commune
in the Creuse
department in the Limousin
region
in central France
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at the junction of the D9, D39, D40a and the D988 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Creuse
Creuse
Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.-History:Creuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of La Marche....
department in the Limousin
Limousin (région)
Limousin is one of the 27 regions of France. It is composed of three départements: Corrèze, Creuse and the Haute-Vienne.Situated largely in the Massif Central, as of January 1st 2008, the Limousin comprised 740,743 inhabitants on nearly 17 000 km2, making it the second least populated region of...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A farming village situated some 5 miles (8 km) northeast of AubussonAubusson, Creuse
Aubusson is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:...
at the junction of the D9, D39, D40a and the D988 roads.
Population
Sights
- The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
- A sixteenth century tower.
- Some very old houses.
- Remains of a feudal castleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
. - The chapel of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
Personalities
- François DenhautFrançois DenhautFrançois Denhaut was a French aviator notable for designing, constructing and flying the first flying boat, or seaplane with a hull, in 1912.He was born on 4 October 1877 at Champagnat, Creuse and died at Bellegarde-en-Marche in 1952...
(1877–1952), an early French aviator & engineer, died here.