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Creuse
Department
Prefecture building of the Creuse department, in Guéret
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Creuse in France
Coordinates: 46°35′N 2°3′E / 46.583°N 2.050°E / 46.583; 2.050
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Département	4 March 1790
Prefecture	Guéret
Subprefecture	Aubusson
Government
• President	Valérie Simonet
Area [1]
• Total	5,565.4 km2 (2,148.8 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	120,581
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Demonym	Creusois
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-23
Arrondissements	2
Cantons	15
Communes	258
Website	www.creuse.fr

Creuse (Occitan: Cruesa) is a department in central France in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is named after the Creuse river that flows through the department.

Creuse is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created mainly with lands of the old province of County of La Marche.

The new department had seven districts: La Souterraine, Guéret, Boussac, Évaux, Felletin, Bourganeuf and Aubusson. The capital (now prefecture) was Guéret alternating with Aubusson, but soon only Guéret remained as capital.^[3]

In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the seven districts were changed into four arrondissements: Guéret, Aubusson, Bourganeuf and Boussac.^[3]

On 10 September 1926, the arrondissements of Bourganeuf et Boussac were eliminated.^[3]

Creuse is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has an area of 120,872 km² (46,669 sq mi).^[1]

The department is surrounded by 6 departments in 3 regions:

• Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
  • Corrèze department
  • Haute-Vienne department
• Centre-Val de Loire region
  • Cher department
  • Indre department
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
  • Allier department
  • Puy-de-Dôme department

The department is in the northwestern part of the Massif Central; the Millevaches plateau is in the southeastern part of the department. The highest point is in Forêt de Châteauvert (45°42′38″N 02°20′45″E / 45.71056°N 2.34583°E / 45.71056; 2.34583 (Forêt de Châteauvert)), "commune" of Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze, southeastern of the department and in northeastern Massif Central; it is 932 m (3,058 ft) high;^[4] the lowest point is in the valley of the Creuse river, 175 m (574 ft) high.

The main river in the department is the Creuse, a tributary of the Vienne river and that gives its name to this the deparment; it flows through the department from the southeast to the northwest.

The department is managed by the Departamental Council of the Creuse in Guéret. Creuse is part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

There are 2 arrondissements (districts), 15 cantons and 258 communes (municipalities) in Haute-Vienne.^[5]

The following is a list of the 15 cantons of the Creuse department (with their INSEE codes), in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:^[8]

The inhabitants of Creuse are known, in French, as Creusois (women: Creusoises).^[9]

Creuse has a population, in 2014, of 120,581,^[2] for a population density of 21.7 inhabitants/km². The arrondissement of Guéret, with 83,458 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other arrondissement, Aubusson, has 37,123 inhabitants.^[6]

Evolution of the population in Dordogne

The main cities in the department are:

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  Garden in Guéret
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  The Creuse river
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  Castle in Aubusson
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  Church in Boussac-Bourg

• Arrondissements of the Creuse department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Creuse (department).

• Departamental Council website (in French)
• Prefecture website (in French)
• Tourism office of Creuse (in French)