Dun-le-Palestel explained

Dun-le-Palestel
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Dun-le-Palestel (23).svg
Arrondissement:	Guéret
Canton:	Dun-le-Palestel
Insee:	23075
Postal Code:	23800
Mayor:	Laurent Daulny^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Pays Dunois
Coordinates:	46.3061°N 1.6667°W
Elevation M:	366
Elevation Min M:	294
Elevation Max M:	507
Area Km2:	9.81

Dun-le-Palestel (in French pronounced as /dœ̃ lə palɛstɛl/; Occitan (post 1500);: Dun) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial village situated some 15miles northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D913, D44, D5 and the D951 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, built between 1905 and 1908.^[2]
• The Lavoir of Dunet where the residents of the village washed their linens before the invention of the washing machine.
• The portal of the old church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The war memorial.
• Vestiges of the moat of a castle.
• A dolmen known as the Pierre Eubeste, at La Valette.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

External links

• Official website of Dun-le-Palestel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. Web site: METEO - météo locale sur la France.