commune in Creuse, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guéret (Occitan: Garait) is a commune of France. It is the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Guéret | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
![]() The prefecture of the Creuse department | |
Coordinates: 46°10′17″N 1°52′09″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Creuse |
Arrondissement | Guéret |
Canton | Guéret-1 Guéret-2 |
Intercommunality | Le Grand-Guéret |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Michel Vergnier[1] |
Area 1 | 26.21 km2 (10.12 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | 13,342 |
• Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Demonym | Guérétois |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 23096 /23000 |
Elevation | 350–685 m (1,148–2,247 ft) (avg. 518 m or 1,699 ft) |
Website | www.ville-gueret.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
In 1514, Guéret became the capital of the County of Marche, a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern Creuse department.
In 1790, when the departments were created, Guéret was named as the capital of the Creuse department.
Guéret is in a plateau between the Creuse and the Gartempe rivers, at the foot of two hills: the Puy de Gaudy, 651 m (2,136 ft) high, and the Maupuy, 689 m (2,260 ft) high. The commune has an area of 26.2 km2 (10.1 sq mi),[2] and its average altitude is 518 m (1,699 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 431 m (1,414 ft).[3]
The city of Guéret is at about 291 km (181 mi) from Bordeaux, at 374 km (232 mi) from Toulouse, at 390 km (240 mi) from Paris and at 327 km (203 mi) from Lyon.
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The communes that are around Guéret are Saint-Fiel, Sainte-Feyre, Savennes, Saint-Christophe, La Chapelle-Taillefert, Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois and Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois.
Guéret has an oceanic climate with relatively hot summers, mild winters and abundant rainfall, Cfb in the Köppen climate classification.
The inhabitants of Guéret are known, in French, as Guérétois (women: Guérétoises).[4]
The commune of Guéret has a population, in 2014, of 13,342;[5] its population density is of 509 inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Guéret
Guéret forms, together with Saint-Fiel, the urban area of Guéret with a population of 14,157 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 42.9 km2 (16.6 sq mi).[6] This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Guéret, formed by 32 communes with a population of 31,499 inhabitants and an area of 626.4 km2 (241.9 sq mi).[7]
Guéret is the prefecture of the Creuse department, the capital of the arrondissement of Guéret and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of two cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality Le Grand Guéret (French: Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret).
Guéret is twinned with:[8]
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