Dun-le-Palestel

Dun-le-Palestel
Dun-le-Palestel
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality	Pays Dunois
Mayor	Laurent Daulny (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	294–507 m (965–1,663 ft) (avg. 366 m/1,201 ft)
Land area1	9.81 km2 (3.79 sq mi)
Population2	1,160  (2008)
- Density	118 /km2 (310 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23075/ 23800
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°18′22″N 1°40′00″E / 46.3061111111°N 1.66666666667°E / 46.3061111111; 1.66666666667

Dun-le-Palestel is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial village situated some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D913, D44, D5 and the D951 roads.

Population

Historical population of Dun-le-Palestel

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
1201	1260	1330	1293	1203	1106	1160

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, built between 1905 and 1908^[1].
• The Lavoir of Dunet where the residents of the village washed their linens before the invention of the washing machine.
• The portal of the old church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The war memorial.
• Vestiges of the moat of a castle.
• A dolmen known as the Pierre Eubeste, at La Valette.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

1. ^ http://mairie-dunlepalestel.fr/word.asp?path=C%3A%5Cwww%5Cdun%5Fle%5Fpalestel%5Cweb%5C7%5Finfos+tourisme%5C6%2D+Curiosit%E9s+%E0+voir%2Edoc&filtre=sans

External links

• Official website of Dun-le-Palestel (French)
• Dun-le-Palestel on the Quid website (French)