Ahun
{{short description|Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France}}
{{for|the village in Iran|Ahun, Iran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Ahun
|commune status = Commune
|image = Ahun - Église Saint-Sylvain 02.JPG
|caption = The war memorial and the church of Saint-Sylvain, in Ahun
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Ahun.svg
|arrondissement = Guéret
|canton = Ahun
|INSEE = 23001
|postal code = 23150
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Creuse Sud Ouest
|coordinates = {{coord|46.0872|2.0458|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 449
|elevation min m = 331
|elevation max m = 564
|area km2 = 33.74
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Ahun ({{IPA|fr|a.œ̃}}; {{langx|oc|Aiun}}) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Creuse, some {{convert|15|km|abbr=on}} 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 populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-23001#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1623
|1975 |1605
|1982 |1529
|1990 |1481
|1999 |1501
|2007 |1557
|2012 |1528
|2017 |1432
}}
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.
Personalities
- Saint Silvanus of Ahun (Silvain), martyred and buried in the village.
- Jean Auclair, politician.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090618003659/http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=20046&req=Ahun Ahun on the Quid website] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Creuse communes}}
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