Sardent

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Sardent

|commune status = Commune

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Sardent (Creuse).svg

|arrondissement = Guéret

|canton = Ahun

|INSEE = 23168

|postal code = 23250

|mayor = Thierry Gaillard{{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 Sud Ouest

|coordinates = {{coord|46.0514|1.8564|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 513

|elevation min m = 455

|elevation max m = 680

|area km2 = 41.11

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

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

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

}}

Sardent ({{IPA|fr|saʁdɑ̃}}; Limousin: Sarden) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of streams, lakes, forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Gartempe, some {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Guéret, where the D60 and the D50 roads join the D940.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|1962|1051

|1968|1085

|1975|1047

|1982|944

|1990|845

|1999|802

|2008|818

}}

Sights

The church, dating from the eleventh century.
Megaliths known as "Les Pierres Boutelines".
A nineteenth-century chapel at the hamlet of Saint-Pardoux.
A statue of the "marmot de la Feyte", at La Feyte.
Sculptures at the village of Mont.

Personalities

Claude Chabrol, (1930-2010), a native of Sardent, shot his first film Le Beau Serge in Sardent
Eugene Jamot, (1879-1937), doctor of tropical medicine, was born here.

References

External links

[http://www.creuse-jamot.org Website about Dr.Jamot]

Category:Communes of Creuse