La Cellette, Creuse

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of La Cellette

(2020–2026) Camille Carcat^[1]Area

21.48 km² (8.29 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

237 • Density11/km² (29/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

23041 /23350

Elevation294–432 m (965–1,417 ft)
(avg. 352 m or 1,155 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Cellette (French pronunciation: [la selɛt]; Occitan: La Celeta) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 18 miles (29 km) north of Guéret at the junction of the D2, D3 and the D87 roads. The commune, with many streams, woods and lakes, borders the department of Indre.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	528	—
1968	576	+9.1%
1975	491	−14.8%
1982	441	−10.2%
1990	340	−22.9%
1999	283	−16.8%
2008	271	−4.2%

Sights

The church of St. Pierre and St. Paul, dating from the twelfth century.
The chateau Pointu.
A memorial to a World War II aeroplane crash.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.