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Fresselines (French pronunciation: ​[fʁɛslin]; Occitan: Fraisselinas) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Fresselines
Commune
The church in Fresselines
Location of Fresselines
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Coordinates: 46°23′01″N 1°40′58″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality	CC Pays Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Laverdant[1]
Area 1	30.78 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	488
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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На других языках

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- [en] Fresselines

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[ru] Фреслин

Фресли́н (фр. Fresselines) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Лимузен. Департамент коммуны — Крёз. Входит в состав кантона Дён-ле-Палестель. Округ коммуны — Гере.

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