Dun-le-Palestel

Dun-le-Palestel (French pronunciation: [dœ̃ lə palɛstɛl]; Occitan: Dun) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Dun-le-Palestel
Commune
The village from the Chabannes Wood
Coat of arms
Location of Dun-le-Palestel
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Coordinates: 46°18′22″N 1°40′00″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality	CC Pays Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Daulny[1]
Area 1	9.81 km2 (3.79 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,086
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23075 /23800
Elevation	294–507 m (965–1,663 ft) (avg. 366 m or 1,201 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming and light industrial village situated some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D913, D44, D5 and the D951 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,201	—
1968	1,260	+4.9%
1975	1,330	+5.6%
1982	1,293	−2.8%
1990	1,203	−7.0%
1999	1,106	−8.1%
2008	1,160	+4.9%

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, built between 1905 and 1908.^[3]
• The Lavoir of Dunet where the residents of the village washed their linens before the invention of the washing machine.
• The portal of the old church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The war memorial.
• Vestiges of the moat of a castle.
• A dolmen known as the Pierre Eubeste, at La Valette.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department