La Chapelle-Taillefert

La Chapelle-Taillefert (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl tajfɛʁ]; Occitan: La Chapela Talhafer) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

La Chapelle-Taillefert
Commune
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Coordinates: 46°06′05″N 1°50′25″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Guéret-2
Intercommunality	CA Grand Guéret
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Dubosclard[1]
Area 1	14.11 km2 (5.45 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	444
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23052 /23000
Elevation	462–690 m (1,516–2,264 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated in the valley of the river Gartempe, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Guéret at the junction of the D 52, D 940 and the D 940^A roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	319	—
1975	261	−2.83%
1982	257	−0.22%
1990	310	+2.37%
1999	353	+1.45%
2009	375	+0.61%
2014	406	+1.60%
2020	435	+1.16%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fourteenth-century stone cross.
• Remains of a hypogeum.
• A menhir.

Personalities

• Victor Lanoux, comedian and writer, born 1936, lived here during the Second World War.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department