Tercillat

Tercillat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Tercillat
Commune
Location of Tercillat
Tercillat
Tercillat
Coordinates: 46°24′32″N 2°03′18″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonBoussac
IntercommunalityCC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Colette Streicher-Trigoust
Area
1
13.64 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
158
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23252 /23350
Elevation329–435 m (1,079–1,427 ft)
(avg. 392 m or 1,286 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The seignurie of Tercillat was held by the noble family "de Noblet" from approximately 1576 to 1720 or more.

The feudal castle of Tercillat was a Commandery of the Knights Templar and the Order of Malta, consisting of conventual buildings, stables, oven, backyard, a fortified enclosure, towers, pits with the water, a drawbridge, a commandeur lodgings, a chapel, flanked by moats and dungeons. It was destroyed in the French Revolution. The ruins of the castle tower only remains. Le Chateau du Puy was built with stones from the castle.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Guéret, at the junction of the D2, D88 and the D3a roads. The commune borders the Indre département.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962268—    
1968322+20.1%
1975279−13.4%
1982225−19.4%
1990206−8.4%
1999200−2.9%
2008172−14.0%

Sights
  • The church, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century Château du Puy.
  • The ruins of the fourteenth-century chapel of Mas-St-Paul.
  • The tower of the castle of Tercillat.

See also

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


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