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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Janaillat
Commune
Coat of arms of JanaillatCoat of arms
Location of Janaillat
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Coordinates: 46°03′27″N 1°44′47″E / 46.0575°N 1.7464°E / 46.0575; 1.7464
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonAhun
IntercommunalityCC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Raymond Dubreuil
Area28.29 km (10.92 sq mi)
Population319
 • Density11/km (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code23099 /23250
Elevation410–631 m (1,345–2,070 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Janaillat (French pronunciation: [ʒanaja]; Occitan: Janalhac) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several small hamlets situated by the banks of the small Leyrenne river, some 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Guéret at the junction of the D10, D50 and the D61 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962602—    
1968663+10.1%
1975545−17.8%
1982470−13.8%
1990404−14.0%
1999367−9.2%
2008356−3.0%

Sights

  • The church of St. Saturnine, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The ruins of a feudal castle at the hamlet of Soliers.
  • A fifteenth-century chapel.

International relations

Janaillat is twinned with: France Ennery, Moselle, France, since 1994

Personalities

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
Communes of the Creuse department


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