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

Jouillat
Commune
The Château of Jouillat
Location of Jouillat
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Coordinates: 46°15′29″N 1°56′13″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Saint-Vaury
Intercommunality	CA Grand Guéret
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Lécrivain
Area 1	22.44 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	387
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23101 /23220
Elevation	283–546 m (928–1,791 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 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 farming area comprising the village and several small hamlets situated in the valley of the Creuse, some 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D16 and the D940 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Martial, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth-century castle.
• The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau at Bretouilly.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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[ru] Жуйя (Крёз)