Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre (French pronunciation: ​[luʁdwɛ sɛ̃ pjɛʁ]; Occitan: L'Ordoir) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

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Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
Commune
Location of Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
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Coordinates: 46°24′38″N 1°49′23″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bonnat
Intercommunality	CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roger Langlois[1]
Area 1	44.73 km2 (17.27 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	746
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23112 /23360
Elevation	217–433 m (712–1,421 ft) (avg. 380 m or 1,250 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 streams, lakes and farming, comprising the village and some small hamlets, situated some 15 miles (24 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D6, D48 and the D915 roads. The Petite Creuse river forms much of the south-western boundary of the commune's territory, whilst to the north lies the department of Indre.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A menhir.
• Traces of a Roman settlement called the "Fossé de Châtres".
• The fourteenth-century castle at the hamlet of Vost, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
• The chapel at Lignaud, dating from the thirteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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