- Fresselines
French commune
name= Fresselines
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton=Dun-le-Palestel
insee=23087
cp=23450
maire=Jean-Claude Dugenest
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Pays Dunois
longitude=1.68277777778
latitude=46.3836111111
alt moy=200 m
alt mini=200 m
alt maxi=366 m
hectares=3078
km²=30,78
sans=671
date-sans=1999
dens=21|Fresselines is a commune in the
Creuse "département" of the Limousin region of centralFrance .Geography
A tourism and farming village situated some convert|20|mi|km northwest of Guéret, at the junction of the D76 and the D44 roads, where the river Creuse joins the Petite Creuse.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Julien, dating from the
12th century .
* The two15th century châteaux of Puyguillon and Vervix
* Two15th century chapels.People linked with the commune
*
Maurice Rollinat (1846-1903), poet, lived here.
* Gustave Geffroy, (1855-1926), writer, lived here.
*Claude Monet , painter, spent much time here.See also
*
Communes of the Creuse department External links
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=20131&req=Fresselines Fresselines on the Quid website] fr
Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on September 12th 2008."
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