Felletin

Felletin
Commune
The town hall of Felletin
Coat of arms
Location of Felletin
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Coordinates: 45°53′04″N 2°10′25″E / 45.8844°N 2.1736°E / 45.8844; 2.1736
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Felletin
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Grand Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Renée Nicoux[1]
Area 1	13.74 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,552
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23079 /23500
Elevation	459–685 m (1,506–2,247 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Felletin (French pronunciation: [fɛltɛ̃]; Occitan: Falatin) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Historically, the term Aubusson tapestry often covers the similar products made in the nearby town of Felletin, 8 kilometres away, whose products are often treated as "Aubusson". The industry had probably developed since soon after 1300 in looms in family workshops,^[3] perhaps already run by the Flemings that are noted in documents from the 16th century.

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a small town and several villages and hamlets situated by the banks of the Creuse just 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D10, D19, D23 and the D982 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway and is within the national park of the Millevaches (not 1000 cows, but lakes).

• The twelfth-century church.
• Three chapels from the fifteenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, from the fifteenth century.
• Two dolmens.
• A thirteenth-century castle and later ramparts
• The present and previous mairies, both dating from the eighteenth century.
• Several ancient houses.
• A medieval bridge over the Creuse.
• A thirteenth-century octagonal monument in the cemetery.

• Fernand de Brinon, French wartime Nazi collaborator, b. 26th Aug 1885, executed 15 April 1947, was buried at Felletin.

Felletin is twinned with:

• Schladming, Austria, since 1960.

• Communes of the Creuse department

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