Gouzon

Gouzon (also: Gouzougnat ; Occitan Gosom ) is a French municipality with 1,580 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It is located in the Creuse department , in the Aubusson arrondissement and belongs to the canton of Gouzon (canton of Jarnages until 2015 ). The inhabitants are the gouzonnaises .

geography

Gouzon is located about 28 kilometers east of Guéret in the Massif Central on the river Voueize and its tributary Goze . Route nationale 145 ( Europastraße 62 ) runs through the municipality . The Parsac-Gouzon station on the Montluçon - Saint-Sulpice-Laurière railway line is in the neighboring municipality of Parsac-Rimondeix .

Description : Under a golden shield head in blue two five-pointed golden stars and a lying silver crescent moon in the shield base .

A prehistoric as well as a Gallo-Roman settlement are proven. In 1187, the village appears in the books of the Cistercian Abbey of Bonlieu.

only residents with primary residence

Saint-Nicolas church in the Forges district

Church of Saint-Nicolas in the district of Forges lies on foundations from the 9th century with wall paintings from this period ( Monument historique since 1969)
Saint-Martin church from the 13th century (Monument historique since 1933)
Church square in front of Saint-Martin (Monument historique since 2003)
Lakes of Grands-Champs
Parts of the Réserve naturelle nationale de l'Étang des Landes are in the municipality

René Sappin des Raynaud (1878–1951), architect
The ancestor of the Balzac family , Roffec de Balzac, was married to Cybille de Gouzon

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