Ahun

Ahun
Ahun
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Intercommunality	Pays Creuse-Thaurion-Gartempe
Mayor	Patrick Pacaud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	331–564 m (1,086–1,850 ft) (avg. 449 m or 1,473 ft)
Land area1	33.74 km2 (13.03 sq mi)
Population2	1,568  (2008)
- Density	46 /km2 (120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23001/ 23150
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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Creuse River, some 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Guéret, at the junction of the D942, D13 and the D18. It was the Roman site of Acitodunum, an important town on the route between Limoges and Clermont-Ferrand.

Population

Historical population of Ahun

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	1491	1623	1605	1529	1481	1501	1568

Sights

• The viaduct carrying the railway 57m over the river, built by Lloyds and Nordling in 1864.
• The church of St.Sylvain, dating from the twelfth century.
• Three fifteenth century chateaux.

The railway viaduct at Busseau

Personalities

• Saint Silvanus of Ahun (Silvain), martyred and buried in the village.
• Jean Auclair, politician.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• The département of Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Ahun on the Quid website (French)