Guéret

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Prefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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::summary Prefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France ::

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Field	Value
name	Guéret
commune status	Prefecture and commune
image	Guéret - Musée de la Sénatorerie.JPG
caption	The park and the Sénatorerie Museum, in Guéret
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Guéret 23.svg
arrondissement	Guéret
canton	Guéret-1 and 2
INSEE	23096
postal code	23000
mayor	Marie-Françoise Fournier
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CA Grand Guéret
coordinates
elevation m	436
elevation min m	350
elevation max m	685
area km2	26.21
population
population date
population footnotes
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Guéret (; Occitan: Garait) is a commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

Guéret is a light industrial town, the largest in the department, with a big woodland and some farming not far from the town centre. It is approximately 80 km by road northeast of Limoges at the junction of the D942, D940 and the N145 roads. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Carte_de_la_Creuse.svg" caption="Map of the Creuse department"] ::

History

Guéret grew up round an abbey founded in the 7th century. In later times it became the capital of the County of La Marche.

Population

|source = INSEE |percentages = pagr |align = none |graph-pos = right |1968 |12849 |1975 |14855 |1982 |15720 |1990 |14706 |1999 |14123 |2007 |14066 |2012 |13219 |2017 |13161

Sights

The church of St. Pierre and St. Paul, dating from the thirteenth century.
The Hotel de Moneyroux (incorrectly called "Castle of the Counts of Marche", as no count ever lived in Guéret). This building, of Gothic style, was constructed in the fifteenth century by Antoine Allard (1839-1896). It is now the headquarters of the General Council of the Creuse. It can be visited during public holidays.
The Presidial, dating from the seventeenth century. This building houses the town hall.
The Museum of the Sénatorerie. Partly built in eighteenth century, the building served as the residence of senators under Napoleon. Since 1832, the Society of Archaeological and Natural Sciences of the Creuse, one of the oldest learned societies of France has been housed here. It brings together natural history collections and works of art. In 1907, the Hotel de la Sénatorerie museum was surrounded by a park and trees.
The war memorial.
The seventeenth-century chateau of Sainte Feyrer, built on the foundations of a castle from the Middle Ages, of which there are some remains. The building of the eighteenth century was constructed by the architect Brousseau. It has an elegant staircase and the oratory is classified as a historical monument.
A vast permanent labyrinth is located 5 km south of Guéret.
Courtille lake, a recreation area south of Guéret, is an artificial lake along a shaded path. With a circumference of about 3 km, it is used for sports and leisure (running, sailing, walking) or picnicking on the grass.
Chabrières forest is large and stretches south of Guéret. It includes: A zoo, where one can see wolves in semi-liberty in large enclosures. Opened in 2001, it is a noted site in the field of protection of this species. There are some huge natural monoliths, such as "la Pierre Grole" linked to local myths and legends and some old granite quarries, once used mainly for cobblestones of the streets of Paris.

Climate

Guéret has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) influenced by its elevation and proximity to the Bay of Biscay's maritime inflow of Gulf Stream air. As a result, the climate is mild for its latitude, wet and also relatively gloomy.

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Guéret Bongeot (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1975–2017) |Jan record high C = 18.7 |Feb record high C = 23.0 |Mar record high C = 24.5 |Apr record high C = 29.6 |May record high C = 31.5 |Jun record high C = 37.0 |Jul record high C = 38.0 |Aug record high C = 39.1 |Sep record high C = 33.5 |Oct record high C = 28.5 |Nov record high C = 25.4 |Dec record high C = 20.5 |Jan record low C = -23.2 |Feb record low C = -17.0 |Mar record low C = -14.7 |Apr record low C = -4.8 |May record low C = -2.0 |Jun record low C = 1.0 |Jul record low C = 4.0 |Aug record low C = 2.0 |Sep record low C = -1.6 |Oct record low C = -8.0 |Nov record low C = -12.0 |Dec record low C = -13.6 |Jan high C = 7.0 |Feb high C = 8.3 |Mar high C = 11.7 |Apr high C = 14.4 |May high C = 18.7 |Jun high C = 22.1 |Jul high C = 24.8 |Aug high C = 24.6 |Sep high C = 20.8 |Oct high C = 16.5 |Nov high C = 10.6 |Dec high C = 7.5 | year high C = 15.6 |Jan mean C = 3.7 |Feb mean C = 4.3 |Mar mean C = 7.1 |Apr mean C = 9.4 |May mean C = 13.3 |Jun mean C = 16.5 |Jul mean C = 18.8 |Aug mean C = 18.5 |Sep mean C = 15.1 |Oct mean C = 11.9 |Nov mean C = 6.9 |Dec mean C = 4.4 | year mean C = 10.9 |Jan low C = 0.5 |Feb low C = 0.4 |Mar low C = 2.4 |Apr low C = 4.3 |May low C = 8.0 |Jun low C = 11.0 |Jul low C = 12.8 |Aug low C = 12.4 |Sep low C = 9.4 |Oct low C = 7.3 |Nov low C = 3.2 |Dec low C = 1.3 | year low C = 6.1 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 93.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 83.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 79.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 88.2 |May precipitation mm = 105.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 78.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 70.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 65.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 84.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 90.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 88.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 97.1 |year precipitation mm = 1023.6 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 13.4 | Feb precipitation days = 11.8 | Mar precipitation days = 11.3 | Apr precipitation days = 11.6 | May precipitation days = 12.8 | Jun precipitation days = 9.7 | Jul precipitation days = 8.7 | Aug precipitation days = 8.1 | Sep precipitation days = 9.5 | Oct precipitation days = 11.7 | Nov precipitation days = 12.6 | Dec precipitation days = 12.4 | year precipitation days =133.7 |Jan sun = 79.1 |Feb sun = 97.2 |Mar sun = 137.4 |Apr sun = 138.8 |May sun = 177.8 |Jun sun = 169.3 |Jul sun = 219.2 |Aug sun = 242.5 |Sep sun = 183.9 |Oct sun = 122.1 |Nov sun = 82.5 |Dec sun = 63.2 |year sun = 1710.7 |source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web |url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=23096001 |title=Normales et records pour Gueret Bongeot (23) |publisher=Meteociel |access-date=21 November 2024}} |source 2 = Météo Climat (sun 1987–2010)

Personalities

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Guéret_Loups_de_Chabrières.JPG" caption="The wolves of Chabrières"] ::

Antoine Varillas, a historian, was born here in 1624.
Marcel Jouhandeau (1888–1979), writer, was born here.
Madeleine Chapelle (1782–1849), the wife and model of painter Dominique Ingres.
Georges Pludermacher (born 1944), classical pianist
Pierre Michon (born 1945), writer, spent his childhood here.
Pierre Petit (born 1957), racing driver
Paul Petit (born 1993), racing driver

International relations

Guéret is twinned with: GER Stein, Bavaria, Germany since 1991 and Puck, Poland

References

(9 August 2021). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
"Limoges to Guéret".
{{EB1911
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-23096#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
"museum of Sénatorerie".
"French climate normals 1981–2010". Météo Climat.
[http://www.quercy.net/hommes/jadingres.html Biographie de Ingres] {{webarchive. link. (6 February 2009)
[http://www.histoire-gueret.fr/index.php/?2008/03/12/182-madeleine-chapelle-1782-1849 Biographie de Madeleine Chapelle]

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