Fresselines Explained

Fresselines
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Guéret
Canton:	Dun-le-Palestel
Insee:	23087
Postal Code:	23450
Mayor:	Jean-Claude Dugenest^[1]
Term:	2024 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Pays Dunois
Coordinates:	46.3836°N 1.6828°W
Elevation M:	200
Elevation Min M:	200
Elevation Max M:	366
Area Km2:	30.78

Fresselines (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Fraisselinas) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A tourism and farming village situated some 20miles northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D76 and the D44 roads, where the river Petite Creuse joins the Creuse.

Population

Sights

• The church of St.Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
• The two 15th-century châteaux of Puyguillon and Vervix
• Two 15th-century chapels.

Personalities

• Maurice Rollinat (1846–1903), poet, lived here.
• Gustave Geffroy, (1855–1926), writer, lived here.
• Claude Monet, painter, spent much time here.

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. 16 April 2024. fr.