Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre Explained

Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Guéret
Canton:	Bonnat
Insee:	23112
Postal Code:	23360
Mayor:	Roger Langlois^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Coordinates:	46.4106°N 1.8231°W
Elevation M:	380
Elevation Min M:	217
Elevation Max M:	433
Area Km2:	44.73

Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre (in French pronounced as /luʁdwɛ sɛ̃ pjɛʁ/; Occitan (post 1500);: L'Ordoir) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of streams, lakes and farming, comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some 15miles north of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D48 and the D915 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms much of the south-western boundary of the commune's territory, whilst to the north lies the department of Indre.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A menhir.
• Traces of a Roman settlement called the "Fossé de Châtres".
• The fourteenth-century castle at the hamlet of Vost, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
• The chapel at Lignaud, dating from the thirteenth century.

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.