Fresselines

Fresselines
The church in Fresselines
Fresselines
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Fresselines
Coordinates: 46°23′01″N 1°40′58″E / 46.3836°N 1.6828°ECoordinates: 46°23′01″N 1°40′58″E / 46.3836°N 1.6828°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality	Pays Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Dugenest
Area^1	30.78 km^2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	629
• Density	20/km^2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23087 / 23450
Elevation	200–366 m (656–1,201 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
^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.

Fresselines is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A tourism and farming village situated some 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D76 and the D44 roads, where the river Petite Creuse joins the Creuse.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,057	—
1968	1,123	+6.2%
1975	983	−12.5%
1982	846	−13.9%
1990	735	−13.1%
1999	671	−8.7%
2008	629	−6.3%

Sights

• The church of St.Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
• The two 15th-century châteaux of Puyguillon and Vervix
• Two 15th-century chapels.

Personalities

• Maurice Rollinat (1846–1903), poet, lived here.
• Gustave Geffroy, (1855–1926), writer, lived here.
• Claude Monet, painter, spent much time here.

La Petite Creuse by Monet

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Fresselines on the Quid website (French)