Sardent

Sardent (French pronunciation: [saʁdɑ̃]; Limousin: Sarden) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Sardent
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Sardent
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Coordinates: 46°03′05″N 1°51′23″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Gaillard[1]
Area 1	41.11 km2 (15.87 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	758
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23168 /23250
Elevation	455–680 m (1,493–2,231 ft) (avg. 513 m or 1,683 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 streams, lakes, forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Gartempe, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Guéret, where the D60 and the D50 roads join the D940.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,051	—
1968	1,085	+3.2%
1975	1,047	−3.5%
1982	944	−9.8%
1990	845	−10.5%
1999	802	−5.1%
2008	818	+2.0%

Sights

• The church, dating from the eleventh century.
• Megaliths known as "Les Pierres Boutelines".
• A nineteenth-century chapel at the hamlet of Saint-Pardoux.
• A statue of the "marmot de la Feyte", at La Feyte.
• Sculptures at the village of Mont.

Personalities

• Claude Chabrol, (1930-2010), a native of Sardent, shot his first film Le Beau Serge in Sardent
• Eugene Jamot, (1879-1937), doctor of tropical medicine, was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department