La Celle-Dunoise

French commune
name= La-Celle-Dunoise
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Dun-le-Palestel
insee=23039
cp=23800
maire= Jean-Marie Sachet
mandat= 2008-2014
longitude=1.77083333333
latitude=46.3105555556
alt moy=235 m
alt mini=216 m
alt maxi=392 m
hectares=2 911
km²=29,11
sans=598
date-sans=1999
dens=20|

La-Celle-Dunoise is a commune in the Creuse "département" of the Limousin region of France.

Geography

A very picturesque farming and quarrying village situated some convert|12|mi|km northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D15 and the D22, by the banks of the river Creuse.

History

La Celle-Dunoise has Gallo-Roman origins, as shown by various relics discovered within the territory of the commune.
In 1154, a document mentions the name of "Ecclesia Cella", which by 1339 had become "Ecclesia de Cella dunensi", giving the name of the village today.
A castle was built here in the 12th century but It was destroyed in 1500. It belonged to the family of La Celle, one of the most powerful families of La Marche in the Middle Ages.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Pierre, dating from the 12th century.
* The bridge, dating from the 14th century.

See also

*Communes of the Creuse department

External links

* [http://www.lacelledunoise.fr/index.php Official commune website] fr
* [http://www.les3lacs-creuse.com/ Website of the tourist office of the pays des 3 lacs] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=20084&req=La+Celle+Dunoise La-Celle-Dunoise on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on September 12th 2008."