Felletin

Felletin
The town hall of Felletin
Coat of arms
Felletin
Location within Limousin region Felletin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Felletin
Intercommunality	Aubusson-Felletin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Renée Nicoux
Area1	13.74 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,866
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23079 / 23500
Elevation	459–685 m (1,506–2,247 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Felletin is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a small town and several villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the Creuse River just 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D19, D23 and the D982 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway and is within the national park of the Millevaches (not 1000 cows, but lakes).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,161	—
1968	2,278	+5.4%
1975	2,291	+0.6%
1982	2,196	−4.1%
1990	1,985	−9.6%
1999	1,892	−4.7%
2008	1,866	−1.4%

Sights

• The twelfth-century church.
• Three chapels from the fifteenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, from the fifteenth century.
• Two dolmens.
• A thirteenth-century castle and later ramparts
• The present and previous mairies, both dating from the eighteenth century.
• Several ancient houses.
• A medieval bridge over the Creuse.
• A thirteenth-century octagonal monument in the cemetery.

Personalities

• Fernand de Brinon, French wartime Nazi collaborator, b. 26th Aug 1885, executed 15 April 1947, was buried at Felletin.

International relations

Felletin is twinned with:

• Schladming, Austria, since 1960.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Felletin on the Quid website (French)