La Celle-Dunoise
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The church in La Celle-Dunoise
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
La-Celle-Dunoise
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| Coordinates: 46°18′38″N 1°46′15″E / 46.3106°N 1.7708°ECoordinates: 46°18′38″N 1°46′15″E / 46.3106°N 1.7708°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Guéret |
| Canton | Dun-le-Palestel |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays Dunois, Pays Sostranien, Bénévent/Grand-Bourg |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Marie Sachet |
| Area1 | 29.11 km2 (11.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 607 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23039 /23800 |
| Elevation | 216–392 m (709–1,286 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
La-Celle-Dunoise is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
A very picturesque farming and quarrying village situated some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D15 and the D22, by the banks of the river Creuse.
La Celle-Dunoise has Gallo-Roman origins, as shown by various relics discovered within the territory of the commune.
In 1154, a document mentions the name of Ecclesia Cella, which by 1339 had become Ecclesia de Cella dunensi, giving the name of the village today.
A castle was built here in the 12th century but It was destroyed in 1500. It belonged to the family of La Celle, one of the most powerful families of La Marche in the Middle Ages.
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