Canton of Felletin explained

Type:	canton
Felletin
Seat:	Felletin
Nbcomm:	19
Insee:	23 09
Area:	577.45

The Canton of Felletin is a canton situated in the Creuse département and in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of central France.

Geography

An area of farming and wooded valleys, with the town of Felletin, in the arrondissement of Aubusson, at its centre. The altitude varies from 437m (Moutier-Rozeille) to 861m (Poussanges) with an average altitude of 596m.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 9 to 19 communes:^[1]

• Croze
• Faux-la-Montagne
• Felletin
• Féniers
• Gentioux-Pigerolles
• Gioux
• Le Monteil-au-Vicomte
• Moutier-Rozeille
• La Nouaille
• Poussanges
• Royère-de-Vassivière
• Sainte-Feyre-la-Montagne
• Saint-Frion
• Saint-Marc-à-Loubaud
• Saint-Martin-Château
• Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne
• Saint-Yrieix-la-Montagne
  • Vallière La Villedieu

See also

• Arrondissements of the Creuse department
• Cantons of the Creuse department
• Communes of the Creuse department

References

45.8742°N 2.1583°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028626017 Décret n° 2014-161 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Creuse