Canton of Felletin
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The Canton of Felletin is a canton situated 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....

 département and 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 of 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...

.

Geography

An area of farming and wooded valleys, with the town of Felletin
Felletin
Felletin is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a small town and several villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the Creuse River just south of Aubusson at the junction of the...

, in the arrondissement of Aubusson
Arrondissement of Aubusson
The arrondissement of Aubusson is an arrondissement of France, located in the Creuse département, in the Limousin région. It has 12 cantons and 118 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Aubusson are:# Aubusson# Auzances...

, at its centre. The altitude varies from 437m (Moutier-Rozeille
Moutier-Rozeille
Moutier-Rozeille is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming and forestry comprising a village and several hamlets situated near where the Creuse joins the Rozeille river, just south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D19, D982 and...

) to 861m (Poussanges
Poussanges
Poussanges is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming and forestry, lakes and streams comprising the village and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the river Déjoune, some south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D35 and the...

) with an average altitude of 596m.

Composition

The Canton of Felletin comprises 9 communes and a total of 4386 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Population




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| Croze
Croze
Croze is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, at the confluence of the Creuse River with the Gioune, some south of Aubusson at the junction of the D35 and the D982...

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| Felletin
Felletin
Felletin is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a small town and several villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the Creuse River just south of Aubusson at the junction of the...

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| Moutier-Rozeille
Moutier-Rozeille
Moutier-Rozeille is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming and forestry comprising a village and several hamlets situated near where the Creuse joins the Rozeille river, just south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D19, D982 and...

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| Poussanges
Poussanges
Poussanges is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming and forestry, lakes and streams comprising the village and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the river Déjoune, some south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D35 and the...

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| Sainte-Feyre-la-Montagne
Sainte-Feyre-la-Montagne
Sainte-Feyre-la-Montagne is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.-Population:-References:*...

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| Saint-Frion
Saint-Frion
Saint-Frion is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.-Population:-References:*...

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| Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne
Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne
Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.-Population:-References:*...

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| Saint-Yrieix-la-Montagne
Saint-Yrieix-la-Montagne
Saint-Yrieix-la-Montagne is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.-Population:-References:*...

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| Vallière
Vallière
Vallière is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Banize, some southwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D7, D10, D16 and the D36 roads...

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See also

  • 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....

  • Arrondissements of the Creuse department
  • Cantons of the Creuse department
  • Communes of the Creuse department
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