Canton of Le Grand-Bourg explained

Type:	canton
Le Grand-Bourg
Seat:	Le Grand-Bourg
Nbcomm:	16
Insee:	23 11
Area:	389.41

The Canton of Le Grand-Bourg is a canton situated in the Creuse département and in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry in the arrondissement of Guéret, centred on the town of Le Grand-Bourg. The altitude varies from 315m (Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac) to 539m (Fleurat) with an average altitude of 389m.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 7 to 17 communes (2 of which merged into the new commune Fursac):^[1]

• Arrènes
• Augères
• Aulon
• Azat-Châtenet
• Bénévent-l'Abbaye
• Ceyroux
• Chamborand
• Châtelus-le-Marcheix
• Fleurat
• Fursac
• Le Grand-Bourg
• Lizières
• Marsac
• Mourioux-Vieilleville
• Saint-Goussaud

See also

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

References

46.1797°N 1.5897°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028626017 Décret n° 2014-161 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Creuse