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Fresselines is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.
Geography
A tourism and farming village situated some northwest of Gu ret, at the junction of the D76 and the D44 roads, where the river Petite Creuse joins the Creuse.
Population
Sights
- The church of St.Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
- The two 15th-century ch teaux of Puyguillon and Vervix
- Two 15th-century chapels.
Personalities
- Maurice Rollinat (1846 1903), poet, lived here.
- Gustave Geffroy, (1855 1926), writer, lived here.
- Claude Monet, painter, spent much time here.
La Petite Creuse by Monet
See also
- Communes of the Creuse department
References
External links
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