Arrènes

Arrènes
Arrènes
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bénévent-l'Abbaye
Intercommunality	Bénévent-Grand-Bourg
Mayor	Jacky Chabroulet (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	329–640 m (1,079–2,100 ft)
Land area1	22.56 km2 (8.71 sq mi)
Population2	221  (2008)
- Density	10 /km2 (26 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23006/ 23210
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.

Arrènes 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 by the banks of the small river Moulard some 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D48 and the D50 with the D57, the Via St.Jacques de Compostella pilgrimage route.

Population

Historical population of Arrènes

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	406	450	360	286	269	244	221

Sights

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the fifteenth century.
• Traces of a Benedictine priory dating from the fourteenth century.
• The fifteenth century Château de Sazeirat.
• The chapel de Reix, from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• The département of Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Arrènes on the Quid website (French)