La Chapelle-Taillefert Explained

La Chapelle-Taillefert
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Guéret
Canton:	Guéret-2
Insee:	23052
Postal Code:	23000
Mayor:	Thierry Dubosclard^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Grand Guéret
Coordinates:	46.1014°N 1.8403°W
Elevation M:	600
Elevation Min M:	462
Elevation Max M:	690
Area Km2:	14.11

La Chapelle-Taillefert (pronounced as /fr/; oc|La Chapela Talhafer) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated in the valley of the river Gartempe, some 5miles south of Guéret at the junction of the D 52, D 940 and the D 940^A roads.

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fourteenth-century stone cross.
• Remains of a hypogeum.
• A menhir.

Personalities

• Victor Lanoux, comedian and writer, born 1936, lived here during the Second World War.

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. 2 December 2020. fr.