Gioux

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

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Gioux

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Gioux (1).JPG

|caption = The church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, in Gioux

|arrondissement = Aubusson

|canton = Felletin

|INSEE = 23091

|postal code = 23500

|mayor = Marina Bonifas{{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 Creuse Grand Sud

|coordinates = {{coord|45.8111|2.1225|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 608

|elevation max m = 886

|area km2 = 37.42

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

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

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

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

Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D35 and the D26 roads. The commune is in the national park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

{{Historical populations

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|1962|309

|1968|313

|1975|233

|1982|210

|1990|214

|1999|198

|2008|173

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Sights

  • The twelfth-century church.
  • A menhir known as the Pierre Point.
  • A Roman bridge on the way to Feniers.
  • Vestiges of a Roman villa at Maisonnières.

See also

References

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{{Creuse communes}}

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Category:Communes of Creuse

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