Clairavaux

Clairavaux
Commune
Clairavaux
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Clairavaux
Coordinates: 45°47′02″N 2°10′04″E / 45.7839°N 2.1678°E / 45.7839; 2.1678Coordinates: 45°47′02″N 2°10′04″E / 45.7839°N 2.1678°E / 45.7839; 2.1678
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Auzances
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Forest
Area1	27.55 km2 (10.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	155
• Density	5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23063 /23500
Elevation	595–876 m (1,952–2,874 ft) (avg. 745 m or 2,444 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Clairavaux is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Creuse River, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D31 and the D982 roads.

The French Ministry of Culture lists several historic monuments in Clairavaux:

A memorial commemorates two members of the French Resistance, killed by the Wehrmacht on 14 July 1944 at Clairavaux.