Clairavaux Explained

Clairavaux
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Aubusson
Canton:	Auzances
Insee:	23063
Postal Code:	23500
Mayor:	Laurence Boyer^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Coordinates:	45.7839°N 2.1678°W
Elevation M:	745
Elevation Min M:	595
Elevation Max M:	876
Area Km2:	27.55

Clairavaux (in French pronounced as /klɛʁavo/; Occitan (post 1500);: Claravau) 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 13miles 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.