Basville

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{short description|Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France}}

{{hatnote|For the French statesmen, see Chrétien François de Lamoignon de Basville and Nicolas de Lamoignon de Basville.}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Basville

|commune status = Commune

|arrondissement = Aubusson

|canton = Auzances

|INSEE = 23017

|postal code = 23260

|mayor = Daniel Ferrier{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine

|coordinates = {{coord|45.8722|2.3978|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 692

|elevation min m = 675

|elevation max m = 826

|area km2 = 22.57

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Basville ({{IPA|fr|bavil}}; {{langx|oc|Basvila}}) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of forestry, farming and lakes comprising the village and several hamlets situated at the border with the department of Allier, some {{convert|12|mi|km}} southeast of Aubusson at the junction of the D10 and the D16 roads.

The small river Tardes rises in the commune, then flows west through the commune.

The Chavanon (locally called la Ramade) forms part of the commune's southern border.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|1962|289

|1968|225

|1975|300

|1982|274

|1990|224

|1999|195

|2008|178

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Sights

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • Several old watermills.
  • A dolmen at the Bois d'Urbe.
  • A Roman pottery kiln at la Villatte.
  • The Château du Layris.
  • The thirteenth century church at Saint-Alvard.

See also

References

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{{Creuse communes}}

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Category:Communes of Creuse