Créchat

Créchat is a hamlet in Fursac, Arrondissement of Guéret, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Créchat is situated nearby to the hamlet La Chassagne, as well as near the locality Les Bruyeres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château de Chabannes and Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac.

Château de Chabannes

Castle

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Château de Chabannes was an orphanage in the village of Chabannes in Vichy France where about 400 Jewish refugee children were saved from the Holocaust by efforts of its director, Félix Chevrier and other teachers.

Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac

Church

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Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of Créchat.

Église Saint-Étienne

Church

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Église Saint-Étienne is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of Créchat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Folles and Fromental.

Folles

Village

Photo: Martialus87, Public domain.

Folles is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Folles is situated 3½ km southwest of Créchat.

Fromental

Village

Photo: Iveragh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fromental is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Fromental is situated 7 km west of Créchat.

Laurière

Village

Photo: Fourgeaudg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Laurière is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Inhabitants are known as Lauriérois in French. Laurière is situated 8 km south of Créchat.

Créchat

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Crechat”
Category: locality
Location: Fursac, Arrondissement of Guéret, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude

46.14414° or 46° 8′ 39″ north

Longitude

1.478° or 1° 28′ 41″ east

Elevation

340 metres (1,115 feet)

Open location code

8FR34FVH+M6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 821689573

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

3022636

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Localities in the Area

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