Sardent

Sardent (Occitan: Sarden) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Sardent
Location of Sardent
Sardent
Sardent
Coordinates: 46°03′05″N 1°51′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonAhun
IntercommunalityCC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Thierry Gaillard
Area
1
41.11 km2 (15.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
788
  Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23168 /23250
Elevation455–680 m (1,493–2,231 ft)
(avg. 513 m or 1,683 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of streams, lakes, forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Gartempe River, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Guéret, where the D60 and the D50 roads join the D940.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,051    
19681,085+3.2%
19751,047−3.5%
1982944−9.8%
1990845−10.5%
1999802−5.1%
2008818+2.0%

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.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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