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La Saunière (French pronunciation: ​[la sonjɛʁ]; Occitan: La Saunièra) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

La Saunière
Commune
Château du Théret
Coat of arms
Location of La Saunière
La Saunière Show map of France La Saunière Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 46°07′52″N 1°56′16″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Guéret-1
Intercommunality	CA Grand Guéret
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Annie Zapata[1]
Area 1	7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	632
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23169 /23000
Elevation	376–560 m (1,234–1,837 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated just 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Guéret at the junction of the D942 and the D17 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	345	—
1968	374	+8.4%
1975	332	−11.2%
1982	426	+28.3%
1990	532	+24.9%
1999	543	+2.1%
2008	629	+15.8%

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth-century château du Théret.

Personalities

• René Boudard (1909–2004), historian, was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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На других языках

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[ru] Ла-Соньер

Ла-Сонье́р (фр. La Saunière, окс. La Saunièra) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Лимузен. Департамент коммуны — Крёз. Входит в состав кантона Гере-Юго-Восточный. Округ коммуны — Гере.

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