Budelière | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Aubusson |
Canton: | Évaux-les-Bains |
Insee: | 23035 |
Postal Code: | 23170 |
Mayor: | Lionel Couturier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Creuse Confluence |
Coordinates: | 46.2208°N 2.4692°W |
Elevation Min M: | 293 |
Elevation Max M: | 449 |
Area Km2: | 25.07 |
Budelière (in French pronounced as /byd(ə)ljɛʁ/; Auvergnat: Budeliere) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 10miles southwest of Montluçon at the junction of the D993 and the D64 roads.
Between 1905 and 1955, the commune had a goldmine at Le Chatelet, which produced 11 tonnes of gold in those years.
The commune is served by a TER railway.
The river Tardes, classified Natura 2000, forms all of the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Cher, 4km (02miles) northwest of the village.